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Acute Febrile Torticollis in Youth: Clinical Investigation and Current Management

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Journal Pan Afr Med J
Date 2015 Sep 2
PMID 26328000
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Acute febrile torticollis in children is a rare and a special clinical picture of variable causes. It may indicate an inflammatory or an infectious pathology affecting any of the anatomical structures of the neck. Treatment is quite clearly defined, and it may be a therapeutic emergency. It is a condition that all ENT specialists must be familiar with since they are most likely to be the first physician to whom such a child is brought.

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