title: Uncommon torticollis in children.
abstract: We report on one case of uncommon torticollis in children caused by a pencil cap lodged in the neck. Diagnosis had been established two months after the trauma, during a screening for oro-pharyngeal cancer. The foreign body had pierced the posterior wall of pharynx without damaging the spine and large vessels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jawish
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponet
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010614:Pharynx; D011859:Radiography; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology*