Sandifer's syndrome--a rare complication of hiatal hernia. A case report.
A 13-year-old boy with Sandifer's syndrome whose only symptoms were abnormal posture and movements of the head and neck, underwent a repair of a hiatus hernia. The disappearance of all symptoms following the operation could be explained by the common innervation of the diaphragm and the neck.
D000293:Adolescent; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000294:innervation; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D013577:Syndrome; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology*