1. Grisel syndrome, acute otitis media, and temporo-mandibular reactive arthritis: A rare association
- Author
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S. Almeida, F. Prata, P. Nunes, J. R. Martins, J.G. Marques, and M.L. Lobo
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acute otitis media ,Joint Dislocations ,Trismus ,Arthritis, Reactive ,medicine ,Humans ,Reactive arthritis ,Torticollis ,Temporomandibular Joint ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Syndrome ,Grisel syndrome ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Surgery ,Conservative treatment ,Otitis Media ,Upper respiratory tract infection ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Atlanto-Axial Joint ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Acute Disease ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
We present a case report of a four-year-old boy with torcicollis and trismus after acute otitis media. Grisel Syndrome diagnosis in association with temporo-mandibular reactive arthritis was admitted, leading to early conservative treatment. GS should be suspected in a child presenting with torticollis after an upper respiratory tract infection or an ENT surgical procedure. The association with temporo-mandibular reactive findings is somehow rarer but not impossible, due to the close vascular communication between retropharyngeal and pterigoid spaces.
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- 2015