[Spasmodic torticollis and frontal meningioma].
A 57 year-old man developed a spasmodic torticollis with involuntary deviation of the head to the right-side. He had a left paramedian frontal meningioma. The association of spasmodic torticollis and other movement disorders has been reported with contralateral lesions in the basal ganglia. Its occurrence in association to a frontal lesion appears to be much less frequent suggesting a possible disorder of frontostriatal connections.
Tonholo-Silva
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Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/UNICAMP, Marilia, Brasil.
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D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology*
Torcicolo espasmódico e meningeoma frontal.