(1) This treatment was given to 11 patients with Huntington's chorea (ChH), 4 with faciolingual dyskinesis (DFL), 3 with torticollis spasmodicus (TS), 3 with maladie des tics (MT) and 8 with dyskinesia following treatment with L-dopa (MP).
(2) The brain dialysis method was very useful for measuring the monoamine metabolite levels of the caudate nucleus while the experimental model was still alive and presenting the torticollis-like posture.
(3) These experimental findings suggest that stereotactic thalamotomy of the ventrolateral nucleus for spasmodic torticollis should be performed on the side ipsilateral to the contracting SCM muscle.
(4) Scoliosis was present in 21 patients with vertebral anomalies, torticollis in two, and lordosis in one.
(5) The dystonia began 1 to 4 days after the trauma and differed clinically from idiopathic torticollis by marked limitation of range of motion, lack of improvement after sleep ("honeymoon period"), and absence of geste antagonistique.
(6) The EMG activity of the sternomastoid muscles during head rotation in control subjects and those with hysterical torticollis showed similar characteristics and neither group showed a response to body tilt.
(7) A variety of other drug challenges and treatments for his torticollis had no psychotomimetic effect.
(8) Case records of 11 horses with acquired torticollis during a 15-year period were reviewed.
(9) On the whole the longterm results after torticollis operations were good.
(10) The most interesting finding that emerged was the association of paralysis of the trapezius muscle with myogenic torticollis: this was observed in six cases, three after and three before operation.
(11) 4 ng of botulinum type A toxin per eye were applied in the M. orbicularis oculi as first injection in the 18 patients without spasmodic torticollis.
(12) A patient with adenocarcinoma in the apical portion of the lung producing a Pancoast's syndrome developed torticollis a few months after receiving a course of radiation therapy (5,040 rad) to his upper chest and neck.
(13) We conclude that fine-needle aspiration provides a fast and accurate diagnosis of neck masses in infants who have congenital torticollis, thereby avoiding surgical procedures in this very young age group.
(14) In addition, the combination of torticollis and blepharospasm in our patient supports the previous concept that these two "focal dystonias" have a common pathophysiologic mechanism.
(15) Torticollis was an associated finding in 64 percent of infants with deformational frontal plagiocephaly; almost all were ipsilateral.
(16) Fifty-seven cases of spastic torticollis are reported, and its etiologic factors, including stressful situations, are analyzed.
(17) Cervical dystonia (torticollis) is one of the most common focal dystonias.
(18) To determine the usefulness of EMG-assisted botulinum toxin (BOTOX) injections for the treatment of spasmodic torticollis (ST), we randomized 52 ST patients into two groups and studied them prospectively.
(19) Therefore, in 109 cases encountered recently (81 parkinsonism, 11 essential tremor, 10 cerebral palsy, 3 thalamic pain, 1 Benedikt's syndrome, 1 torticollis, 1 oral dyskinesia, 1 striato-nigral degeneration), we studied the correlation between the width of the third ventricle and the lateral coordinate of the thalamic point where kinesthetic neurons or tremor-synchronously discharging neurons were detected.
(20) The sternocleidomastoid muscles from five children with muscular torticollis--examined by transmission electron microscopy, exhibited a marked increase in interstitial collagen deposition, and scattered areas of amorphous ground substance with electron dense deposits.
Wryneck
Definition:
(n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
(n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stereotactic exclusion of target points in the thalamus (ventro-oral nuclei, mainly V.o.i., H1, nucleus interstitialis Cajal) brought about a removal in 20.8 per cent, considerable improvement in another 20.8 per cent, a satisfactory improvement in 16.8 per cent, and a positive effect on the wryneck symptoms in 25 per cent.
(2) All 98 cases of transverse presentation were complete or partial bicornual gestations; 34 (35%) fetuses were malformed (mainly wryneck).
(3) The first symptom appeared as right wryneck ten days after birth.