Hemorrhage in Brain Stem Cavernoma Presenting with Torticollis

Spasmodic torticollis due to an identified focal brain stem lesion is uncommon and abrupt-onset spasmodic torticollis due to midbrain lesions in humans is rarely reported. A 9-year-old female child who had fallen off a bicycle and had lost consciousness for 10 min, vomiting 2–3 times, developed acut...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric neurosurgery 2009-01, Vol.45 (1), p.49-52
Hauptverfasser:	Agrawal, Amit, Cincu, Rafael, Joharapurkar, S.R., Bhake, Arvind, Hiwale, Kishore M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Bicycling - injuries Brain damage Brain Stem Hemorrhage, Traumatic - diagnostic imaging Brain Stem Hemorrhage, Traumatic - etiology Brain Stem Hemorrhage, Traumatic - pathology Case Report Case studies Central Nervous System Neoplasms - complications Central Nervous System Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Central Nervous System Neoplasms - pathology Child Female Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System - complications Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System - diagnostic imaging Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System - pathology Hemorrhage Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mesencephalon - diagnostic imaging Mesencephalon - pathology Neurosurgery Pediatrics Pons - diagnostic imaging Pons - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Torticollis - diagnostic imaging Torticollis - etiology Torticollis - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	Spasmodic torticollis due to an identified focal brain stem lesion is uncommon and abrupt-onset spasmodic torticollis due to midbrain lesions in humans is rarely reported. A 9-year-old female child who had fallen off a bicycle and had lost consciousness for 10 min, vomiting 2–3 times, developed acute torticollis immediately after the injury. Examinations suggested hemorrhage in brain stem cavernoma. A search of the literature written in English revealed that this type of presentation has not been reported previously.
ISSN:	1016-2291 1423-0305
DOI:	10.1159/000204903