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Tortícolis - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Loxia; Cuello torcido

Definición:

Es un torcimiento del cuello, en el cual la cabeza apunta hacia un lado, mientras la barbilla o mentón está volteada hacia el otro.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La tortícolis puede ser:

  • Hereditaria: debido a genes defectuosos
  • Adquirida: se desarrolla como resultado de daño al sistema nervioso o los músculos

Si la afección ocurre sin una causa conocida, se denomina tortícolis idiopática.

La tortícolis puede desarrollarse en la niñez o en la adultez. La tortícolis congénita (presente al nacer) puede ocurrir si la cabeza del feto está en posición equivocada mientras está creciendo en el útero o si hay una lesión a los músculos o al suministro sanguíneo al cuello del feto.

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/27/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Spiegel DA, Hosalkar HS, Dormans JP, Drommond DS. The Neck. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap. 679.

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002:606.

Persing J. Prevention and management of positional skull deformities in infants. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Section on Plastic Surgery and Section on Neurological Surgery. Pediatrics. 2003; 112(1 Pt 1): 199-202.

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