Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Torticollis

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Torticollis includes:

• Birth injury
• Neck scar tissue
• Severe neck burns
• Spasmodic Torticollis

Torticollis as a symptom:

Conditions listing Torticollis as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Aceruloplasminemia
• Anotia - facial palsy - cardiac defect
• Arnold-Chiari malformation type 3
• Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency
• Arthrogryposis - epileptic seizures - migrational brain disorder
• Basilar impression primary
• Carnevale-Krajewska-Fischetto syndrome
• Cervicooculoacoustic syndrome
• Chromosome 13q duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 6, monosomy 6q
• Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome
• Chromosome 9, trisomy 9q
• Chromosome 9q duplication
• Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome
• Congenital absence of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
• Contractures, congenital, torticollis and malignant hyperthermia
• Deletion 6q
• Dystonia 7, torsion
• Dystonia musculorum deforms 4
• Dystonia with cerebellar atrophy
• Emanuel syndrome
• Meige syndrome
• Microsomia - hemifacial - radial defects
• Multicore disease
• Myoclonic dystonia
• Ptosis strabismus diastasis
• Sandifer syndrome
• Scleroatonic muscular dystrophy
• Seven point syndrome
• Spinal cord neoplasm
• Spinocerebellar ataxia 17
• Torsion dystonia 7
• Vertigo, benign paroxysmal, in childhood
• Wildervanck syndrome

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Torticollis, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Torticollis. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Torticollis. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.