title: [Two children with unusual causes of torticollis: primitive neuroectodermal tumor and Grisel's syndrome].
abstract: Two children were presented with a torticollis. One, a 2-year-old girl, had a primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the cervical spinal cord which could not be radically removed surgically (the patient died three days later), the other, a 9-year-old boy, had the syndrome of Grisel. He was treated with antibiotics, head traction and atlantoaxial posterior spondylodesis. Acquired torticollis is a frequent innocent symptom in children with cervical lymphadenopathy following a respiratory tract infection. These cases demonstrate that additional investigation should not be delayed if relief of symptoms is not achieved very soon.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd. Neurochirurgie, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Koot
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Henneveld
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Albrecht
mesh_terms: D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D017599:Neuroectodermal Tumors / Q000150:complications*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Twee kinderen met bijzondere oorzaken van dwangstand van het hoofd: primitieve neuro-ectodermale tumor en syndroom van Grisel.