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Torticollis revealing as a symptom of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in a fourteen‐month‐old girl
Author(s) -
Rauch R.,
Jüngert J.,
Rupprecht T.,
Greil J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2001.tb00805.x
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , torticollis , pediatrics , lymphoblastic leukemia , surgery , leukemia , developmental psychology , psychology
The differential diagnosis of acquired torticollis in infants and children comprises a large variety of disorders, including inflammation, neurologic disease or trauma. Conclusion: Spinal cord tumours in patients with ALL are a rarely reported entity and secondary spinal involvement in leukaemia presenting as head tilt is even more uncommon.