Torticollis revealing as a symptom of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in a fourteen-month-old girl
Authors:
R. Rauch;
J. J
ngert;
T. Rupprecht; J. Greil
ngert;
T. Rupprecht; J. Greil
DOI:
10.1080/08035250121552
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12 issues per year
Subject:
Pediatrics & Child Health;
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Reason for change: Changed Publisher
Now published by: Blackwell
Date of change: 31 December 2006
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Abstract
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.
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| Keywords: Leukaemia; Torticollis; Spinal; Cord |

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