Congenital muscular torticollis

Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a rare congenital musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). It presents in newborn infants or young children with reported incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%. Owing to effective shortening of SCM o...

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Autores principales: Nilesh, Kumar, Mukherji, Srijon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report - Developmental Disturbances
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24205484
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.119222
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description Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a rare congenital musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). It presents in newborn infants or young children with reported incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%. Owing to effective shortening of SCM on the involved side there is ipsilateral head tilt and contralateral rotation of the face and chin. This article reports a case of CMT in a 3½-year-old male child successfully managed by surgical release of the involved SCM followed by physiotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-38146732013-11-07 Congenital muscular torticollis Nilesh, Kumar Mukherji, Srijon Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report - Developmental Disturbances Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a rare congenital musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). It presents in newborn infants or young children with reported incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%. Owing to effective shortening of SCM on the involved side there is ipsilateral head tilt and contralateral rotation of the face and chin. This article reports a case of CMT in a 3½-year-old male child successfully managed by surgical release of the involved SCM followed by physiotherapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3814673/ /pubmed/24205484 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.119222 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814673/
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