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Tortícolis

Definición:

Es un torcimiento del cuello, el cual se refiere a que la cabeza apunta hacia un lado, mientras la barbilla o mentón gira hacia el otro.

Nombres alternativos:

Loxia; Cuello torcido

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La tortícolis puede ocurrir sin que se conozca la causa (idiopática), puede ser de origen genético (hereditaria) o puede ser adquirida secundaria a daños del sistema nervioso o los músculos y puede desarrollarse en la niñez o en la vida adulta. La tortícolis congénita (presente al nacer) puede ser causada por una mala posición de la cabeza del feto en el útero, por una lesión prenatal de los músculos o por problemas de suministro sanguíneo al cuello.

Referencias:

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice . 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002:606.

Persing J. Prevention and management of positional skull deformities in infants. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Section on Plastic Surgery and Section on Neurological Surgery. Pediatrics . 2003; 112(1 Pt 1): 199-202.

Tortícolis

Fecha de revisión: 6/1/2006
Versión en inglés revisada por: Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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