Hemorrhage in brain stem cavernoma presenting with torticollis.
Spasmodic torticollis due to an identified focal brain stem lesion is uncommon and abrupt-onset spasmodic torticollis due to midbrain lesions in humans is rarely reported. A 9-year-old female child who had fallen off a bicycle and had lost consciousness for 10 min, vomiting 2-3 times, developed acute torticollis immediately after the injury. Examinations suggested hemorrhage in brain stem cavernoma. A search of the literature written in English revealed that this type of presentation has not been reported previously.
Agrawal
Amit
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Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India. dramitagrawal@gmail.com
Cincu
Rafael
R
Joharapurkar
S R
SR
Bhake
Arvind
A
Hiwale
Kishore M
KM
D000208:Acute Disease; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D020203:Brain Stem Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011149:Pons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014103:Torticollis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology