title: Facial scoliosis--a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: Facial scoliosis may be caused by frontal plagiocephaly or muscular torticollis. Determining the correct cause has implications for patient management. Past confusion in the literature has led to difficulty in determining appropriate treatment plans. The correct diagnosis may be readily obtained by using a series of clinical and radiological features peculiar to each condition. Four cases are shown demonstrating these diagnostic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Putnam
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Postlethwaite
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Chate
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ilankovan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000150:complications; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D014103:Torticollis / Q000150:complications