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Descriptor English:   Torticollis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Tortícolis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Torcicolo 
Synonyms English:   Cervical Dystonia
Spasmodic Torticollis
Wryneck  
Tree Number:   C10.228.662.300.750
C10.597.350.300.800
C23.888.592.350.300.800
Definition English:   A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors. 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   14493 
Unique Identifier:   D014103 

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