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01-09-2004 | Tips and tricks
Lateral torticollis on plain radiographs and MRI: Grisel syndrome
Authors:
Marc Harth, Marcus Mayer, Ingo Marzi, Thomas J. Vogl
Published in:
European Radiology
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Issue 9/2004
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Excerpt
Lateral torticollis represents a major threat to patients, especially children, requiring emergency diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Conventional X-ray, CT and MRI are the diagnostic modalities of choice. The initial conventional X-ray should be followed by an MRI scan evaluating the area of the craniocervical junction. …