Spasmodic torticollis

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Spasmodic torticollis Classification and external resources
ICD-10	G 24.3
ICD-9	333.83
DiseasesDB	13180
eMedicine	emerg/597 orthoped/452
MeSH	D014103

Spasmodic torticollis is a neurological movement disorder causing the neck to involuntarily turn to the left, right, upwards, and/or downwards. The condition is also referred to as "cervical dystonia".

Retrocollis is a spasmodic torticollis drawing the head backward. It may be seen in cases using dopamine-blocking neuroleptics. Adolescents and young adults are more susceptible compared to middle-aged and older individuals.

1 Treatment
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[edit] Treatment

This condition is currently treated with Botulinum toxins (eg, BTX-A, aka Botox) ^[1].

[edit] References

^ Brashear, A (2001) The Botulinum Toxins in the Treatment of Cervical Dystonia. Semin. Neurol. 21(1):85-90 [1]

[edit] See also

Torticollis

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v • d • e Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G00-G47, 320-349)

Inflammatory diseases of the CNS	Meningitis (Arachnoiditis) - Encephalitis - Myelitis - Encephalomyelitis (Acute disseminated) - Tropical spastic paraparesis - Cavernous sinus thrombosis

Systemic atrophies primarily affecting the CNS	Huntington's Spinocerebellar ataxia (Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia) Spinal muscular atrophy: Werdnig-Hoffman - Kugelberg-Welander - Fazio Londe - MND (ALS, PMA, PBP, PP, PLS)

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Parkinson's disease - Neuroleptic malignant syndrome - Postencephalitic parkinsonism - Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration - Progressive supranuclear palsy - Striatonigral degeneration Dystonia/Dyskinesia (Spasmodic torticollis, Meige's, Blepharospasm) Essential tremor - Myoclonus - Lafora Chorea (Choreoathetosis) - Restless legs - Stiff person

Other degenerative/ demyelinating diseases	dementia: Alzheimer's - Pick's - Dementia with Lewy bodies - Frontotemporal lobar degeneration mitochondrial disease: Leigh's demyelinating: Multiple sclerosis - Devic's - Central pontine myelinolysis - Transverse myelitis - Marchiafava-Bignami disease - CAMFAK syndrome - Alpers'

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal (Simple partial, Complex partial) - Generalised (Tonic-clonic, Absence, Atonic, Benign familial neonatal) Lennox-Gastaut - West - Epilepsia partialis continua - Status epilepticus (Complex partial status epilepticus)

Headache	Migraine (Familial hemiplegic) - Cluster - Vascular - Tension

Vascular	Transient ischemic attack (Amaurosis fugax, Transient global amnesia) Cerebrovascular disease (MCA, ACA, PCA, Foville's, Millard-Gubler, Lateral medullary, Weber's, Lacunar stroke)

Sleep disorders	Insomnia - Hypersomnia - Sleep apnea (Ondine's curse) - Narcolepsy - Cataplexy - Kleine-Levin - Circadian rhythm sleep - Delayed sleep phase - Advanced sleep phase

Intracranial hypertension	Hydrocephalus (Normal pressure) - Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Other encephalopathy	Brain herniation - Cerebral edema - Reye's

Other spinal cord disease	Syringomyelia - Syringobulbia - Morvan's syndrome - Spinal cord compression

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