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Torticollis caused by an Infratentorial Tumour: Three Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Erik Boisen
Erik Boisen*
Affiliation:
Neurosurgical Department, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Summary

Three cases with torticollis caused by an infratentorial tumour are presented. A father and his son both had a Lindau tumour, and another patient had an ependymoma.

It is stressed that torticollis may be the predominant or only sign of an infratentorial tumour, and that torticollis should always be suspected to have an organic origin.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 3 , March 1979 , pp. 306 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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