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Torticollis

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = 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.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.2144, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2144
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 35 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic torticollis; mild encephalitis; headache; and facial asymmetry. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR2.10816, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10816
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: neck injury; torticollis; and haematoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.11057, 1952-1969

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11057
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; torsion spasm; athetosis; subarachnoid haemorrhage; papilloedema; spasmodic torticollis; and dysphagia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1969

PR2.11248, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11248
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: damage to basal ganglia; slurred speech; spasmodic torticollis; and choreo-athotic-like movements of facial muscles. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11726, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11726
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: tremor; spasmodic torticollis; and virus infection. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.14381, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14381
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic torticollis; and Huntington's chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14610, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14610
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic torticollis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.15398, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15398
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-rays relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: torticollis; atlanto-axoid subluxation; abscess; and streptococcal cellulitis infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15443, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15443
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 61 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic torticollis; hypertonus; brainstem lesion; arteriosclerosis; cervical spondylosis; and paraesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.17177, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17177
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: muscle spasm; torticollis; and static arthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956