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Clinical Neuroradiology
Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology 4/2012

01-12-2012 | Correspondence

Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Torticollis in Children

Differential diagnosis of Grisel’s Syndrome

Authors: V. Salpietro, MD, A. Polizzi, MD, F. Granata, MD, S. Briuglia, MD, K. Mankad, MRCP, FRCR, M. Ruggieri, BA, MD, PHD

Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology | Issue 4/2012

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Grisel’s syndrome has been described as a rare, spontaneous subluxation of the atlanto-axial joint following peripharyngeal inflammation. It typically occurs in children and was first described in 1930 by Pierre Grisel in 2 patients with pharyngitis and torticollis and defined as “an atlanto-axial instability from inflammatory ligamentous laxity in the head and neck” [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Torticollis in Children
Differential diagnosis of Grisel’s Syndrome
Authors
V. Salpietro, MD
A. Polizzi, MD
F. Granata, MD
S. Briuglia, MD
K. Mankad, MRCP, FRCR
M. Ruggieri, BA, MD, PHD
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Neuroradiology / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1869-1439
Electronic ISSN: 1869-1447
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-012-0145-2

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