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Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis
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: Received: 8 April 2024 / Approved: 9 April 2024 / Online: 9 April 2024 (11:58:51 CEST)
How to cite: Tozzi, E.; Olivieri, L.; Silva, P. Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis. Preprints 2024, 2024040670. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0670.v1 Tozzi, E.; Olivieri, L.; Silva, P. Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis. Preprints 2024, 2024040670. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0670.v1
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this review is to clarify the natural course of Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis (BPT) and to update the relationship of this disorder with migraine. BPT belongs to a group of “episodic syndromes that may be associated with migraine” and is diagnosed when according to diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition. It is present in infants and young children and it is an underdiagnosed manifestation, because it is not well recognized and in most cases with a benign evolution, but requires careful differential diagnosis. It was first described by Snyder in 1969 as a movement disorder, a cervical dystonia consequent to labyrinthic disorder.Materials and methods: The PubMed and Web of Science databases were consulted from 1968 to 2024, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines ,2020.( PRISMA)Results: 113 articles were identified, 86 selected and 20 considered for the purpose of this review. The clinical studies were considered in relation to evolution, cognitive and motor development, to genetic and not genetic etiology, to the relationship with migraine with and without aura, vestibular migraine, hemiplegic migraine, and paroxysmal vertigo.
Keywords
Torticollis; children periodic syndrome; migraine genetics
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurology
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