ULTRASOUND IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROGENIC TORTICOLLIS IN CHILDREN

  • Irina A Kryukova North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg
  • Yuriy E Garkavenko North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; H. Turner National Medical Research Center for children’s orthopedics and trauma surgery 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 196603, Saint-Petersburg
  • Alexander P Pozdeev North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; H. Turner National Medical Research Center for children’s orthopedics and trauma surgery 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 196603, Saint-Petersburg
  • Evgeniy Yu Krуukov North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Children City Hospital № 1 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 198205, Saint-Petersburg
  • Аlexandеr S Iova North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Children City Hospital № 1 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 198205, Saint-Petersburg
Keywords: torticollis, congenital muscular torticollis, non -muscular torticollis, acquired torticollis, neurogenic torticollis, transcranial -transfontanellar ultrasound, transcranial ultrasound

Abstract

Neurogenic torticollis is a rare nonspecific symptom associated with pathology of the central or peripheral nervous system of various origins. The lack of awareness among clinicians about the possible neurogenic origin of torticollis leads to late diagnosis of dangerous neurosurgical diseases. Considering the etiological primacy of space -occupying lesions in the posterior cranial fossa and craniocervical region, early diagnosis of this pathology is of particular importance. An affordable, fast and safe method for screening structural intracranial changes is polypositional ultrasound (with an open fontanel - transcranial -transfontanellar, after its closure - transcranial), and for pathologies at the level of the cervical spinal canal - spinal ultrasound.

Author Biographies

Irina A Kryukova, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Kirochnaya, 41; Piskarevsky pr., 47; MD, PhD, neurologist, Associate Professor of the Chair of Pediatric Traumatology and Orthopedics
Yuriy E Garkavenko, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; H. Turner National Medical Research Center for children’s orthopedics and trauma surgery 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 196603, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Kirochnaya, 41; Piskarevsky pr., 47; Pushkin, Parkovaya st., 64-68
Alexander P Pozdeev, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; H. Turner National Medical Research Center for children’s orthopedics and trauma surgery 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 196603, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Kirochnaya, 41; Piskarevsky pr., 47; Pushkin, Parkovaya st., 64-68
Evgeniy Yu Krуukov, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Children City Hospital № 1 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 198205, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Kirochnaya, 41; Piskarevsky pr., 47; Avangardnaya st., 14
Аlexandеr S Iova, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Children City Hospital № 1 191015, Saint-Petersburg; 195067, Saint-Petersburg; 198205, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Kirochnaya, 41; Piskarevsky pr., 47; Avangardnaya st., 14
Published
2022-07-11
How to Cite
Kryukova, I. A., Garkavenko, Y. E., Pozdeev, A. P., KrуukovE. Y., & IovaА. S. (2022). ULTRASOUND IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROGENIC TORTICOLLIS IN CHILDREN. Visualization in Medicine, 4(2), 27-34. Retrieved from https://ojs3.gpmu.org/index.php/visual-med/article/view/4109
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