Atlantoaxial Joint

Lussazione atlanto-epistrofea e sindrome di Down: un binomio da non dimenticare

Merli G, Marino S, Mannarà UM, Certo F, Millesoli MS, Migliore A, Testaì MA, Berto VM, La Spina M

2026/2 — pag. 39-40 — DOI

A 6-year-old girl with Down syndrome presented with persistent torticollis and sudden neurological deficits. CT and MRI scans diagnosed an atlanto-axial dislocation (C1-C2) with severe spinal cord compression. Conservative treatment using traction an...

Un ostinato torcicollo…

Rodaro C, Corona F, Ceconi V, Taddio A, Barbi E.

2024/3 — pag. 179-180 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 13-month-old girl evaluated in the Emergency Room for a history of acute torticollis. There was no history of trauma, fever, or any other additional symptom. The X-ray of the cervical spine was standard and the neck ...

Alopecia areataCollo storto in lattante;Possibile immunodeficit comune variabile

2015/6 — pag. 396

Trisomia e torcicollo

S. Lega, M. Carbone, G. Chiaffoni

2015/2 — pag. 111-114

Up to 15% of children with Down syndrome have atlanto-axial instability (AAI) due to constitutional ligament hyperlaxity. Symptomatic disease occurs in 3% of patients: most frequently neurological symptoms of spinal cord compression slowly progress...