Journal of Spine

Jeszenszky DJ

Publications

• Case Report
  Non-traumatic Atlanto-axial Rotatory Subluxation- Grisels Syndrome Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Alqroom Y Rami, Jeszenszky DJ, Michalitsis G Sotirios and Franke JörgAlqroom Y Rami, Jeszenszky DJ, Michalitsis G Sotirios and Franke Jörg
  
  Study design: Case report of conservatively treated non-traumatic Atlanto-axial rotatory sublaxation. Objective: To report our case with this rare condition (non-traumatic Atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation-Grisel Syndrome) in a 9-year old girl presenting with torticollis and neck pain and literature review. Summary of background data: Atlanto-axial rotatory fixation or non-traumatic atlanto-axial subluxation which is usually secondary to an infection or an inflammation at the head and neck region is a rare subtype of subluxation in which a pathologic fixation of the atlas on the axis is present. It is most common in paediatric patients and it can be managed conservatively in the acute stage. In contrast, cases of chronic non-traumatic atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation are usually treated with operative reduction,.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000312

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