Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor

A 7-month-old Caucasian girl presented with an acquired, spasmodic torticollis to the right side with the head tilted downwards, photophobia and epiphora. Diagnostic work-out revealed a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. The symptoms improved after surgical resection. There is evidence of intern...

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Main Authors:	Buijsrogge, Michiel, Dauwe, Caroline, Delbeke, Patricia
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015620/

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spelling	pubmed-50156202016-09-13 Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor Buijsrogge, Michiel Dauwe, Caroline Delbeke, Patricia Article A 7-month-old Caucasian girl presented with an acquired, spasmodic torticollis to the right side with the head tilted downwards, photophobia and epiphora. Diagnostic work-out revealed a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. The symptoms improved after surgical resection. There is evidence of internuclear connections between cranial nerves II, V and VII acting as important mechanisms in this triad (Okamoto et al. 2010). German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2014-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5015620/ /pubmed/27625943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000021 Text en Copyright © 2014 Buijsrogge et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. You are free: to Share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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author	Buijsrogge, Michiel Dauwe, Caroline Delbeke, Patricia
spellingShingle	Buijsrogge, Michiel Dauwe, Caroline Delbeke, Patricia Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
author_facet	Buijsrogge, Michiel Dauwe, Caroline Delbeke, Patricia
author_sort	Buijsrogge, Michiel
title	Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
title_short	Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
title_full	Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
title_fullStr	Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
title_full_unstemmed	Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
title_sort	triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
description	A 7-month-old Caucasian girl presented with an acquired, spasmodic torticollis to the right side with the head tilted downwards, photophobia and epiphora. Diagnostic work-out revealed a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. The symptoms improved after surgical resection. There is evidence of internuclear connections between cranial nerves II, V and VII acting as important mechanisms in this triad (Okamoto et al. 2010).
publisher	German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
publishDate	2014
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015620/
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Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor

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