Torcicollo ricorrente nell’infanzia e patologia malformativa neurologica

Torticollis is a clinical malformation which may be due to congenital, traumatic, inflammatory or neurological malformations. The Authors describe a case of a ten years old girl with recurrent torticollis, with a rate of three-four attacks/year characterised by intense pain and head left drifting. The brain and cervical column MRI showed a type I Arnold-Chiari malformation explaining the recurrent torticollis. Follow-up examinations will clarify whether surgery by suboccipital decompression will be necessary.