Author:
Won So Young,Noh Sung Hyun,Cho Pyung Goo,Yoo Nam Kyu,Kim Sang Hyun
Abstract
Grisel’s syndrome, which involves non-traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation, is a rare disease that occurs primarily in children. Herein, we present two cases of chronic and acute Grisel’s syndrome that were successfully treated with traction and medication as non-surgical management. A 10-year-old male patient was diagnosed with chronic Grisel’s syndrome after surgery to remove cholesteatoma in his left ear 6 months previously (Case 1), and a 5-year-old female patient was diagnosed with acute Grisel’s syndrome after acute pharyngitis (Case 2). Both patients were treated with pain control and halo traction, which corrected torticollis and relieved their symptoms.
Publisher
Korean Society of Peripheral Nervous System