What is a torticollis?

Dr. Casey White
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2025-05-16 00:32:05
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1. Torticollis is called congenital muscular torticollis in children, commonly known as crooked neck disease;2. Torticollis is a congenital neck deformity disease caused by contracture of one sternocleidomastoid muscle;3. The clinical manifestation of torticollis is that the patient's head is tilted to the affected side, the lower jaw points to the healthy shoulder, and the affected side can touch the neck mass, located in the middle and lower segment of sternocleidomastoid muscle, without tenderness.