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2. Spasmodic torticollis - Wikipedia

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   Spasmodic torticollis is an extremely painful chronic neurological movement disorder causing the neck to involuntarily turn to the left, right, upwards, and/or downwards. The condition is also referred to as "cervical dystonia ". Both agonist and antagonist muscles contract simultaneously during dystonic movement. [1]

3. Cervical spine disorder - Wikipedia

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   Occipito-cervical junction This disorder may result from rheumatoid arthritis, causing the hypermobility of the connection between the neck and head, resulting in paralysis or pain. [ 6 ] Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular disease is a type of cervical spine disorder that can cause tetraplegia .

4. Torticollis - Wikipedia

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   Torticollis is a fixed or dynamic tilt, rotation, with flexion or extension of the head and/or neck. The type of torticollis can be described depending on the positions of the head and neck. [1][3][4] laterocollis: the head is tipped toward the shoulder. rotational torticollis: the head rotates along the longitudinal axis towards the shoulder ...

5. Klippel–Feil syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Klippel–Feil syndrome (KFS), also known as cervical vertebral fusion syndrome, is a rare congenital condition characterized by the abnormal fusion of any two of the seven bones in the neck (cervical vertebrae). [1]: 578 It can result in a limited ability to move the neck and shortness of the neck, resulting in the appearance of a low hairline.

6. Cervicocranial syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Cervicocranial syndrome or (craniocervical junction syndrome, CCJ syndrome) is a combination of symptoms that are caused by an abnormality in the cervical vertebrae leading to improper function of cervical spinal nerves. Cervicocranial syndrome is either congenital or acquired. Some examples of diseases that could result in cervicocranial ...

7. Cervical lymphadenopathy - Wikipedia

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   In adults, healthy lymph nodes can be palpable (able to be felt), in the axilla, neck and groin. [3] In children up to the age of 12 cervical nodes up to 1 cm in size may be palpable and this may not signify any disease. [4] If nodes heal by resolution or scarring after being inflamed, they may remain palpable thereafter. [1]

8. Cervical spinal stenosis - Wikipedia

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   Cervical spinal stenosis. Cervical spinal stenosis. A human vertebral column. Specialty. Orthopedic. Cervical spinal stenosis is a bone disease involving the narrowing of the spinal canal at the level of the neck. It is frequently due to chronic degeneration, [1] but may also be congenital. Treatment is frequently surgical.

9. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy - Wikipedia

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   Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) is a disorder characterised by the age-related deterioration of the cervical spinal cord. [1] Referred to be a range of different but related terms, a global consensus process selected Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy as the new overarching disease term.[2] It is a neurological disorder related to the ...