Abstract
A 10-month-old girl presented for ocular evaluation carrying a provisional diagnosis of torticollis. Her family reported that for the past 5 months, she consistently tilted her head to the left while twisting her chin toward the right shoulder. Her adnexal examination was notable for epiblepharon, with greater ciliary-corneal contact in the OS. It was therefore hypothesized that this posture was adopted to minimize ocular irritation. Her symptoms resolved immediately following a Hotz-Celsus procedure. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of asymmetric ciliary-corneal contact from epiblepharon, resulting in preference for a head position mimicking a musculoskeletal abnormality such as torticollis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | e8-e9 |
| Journal | Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
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- Medicine(all)
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Epiblepharon-induced head tilt masquerading as torticollis. / Erickson, Benjamin P.; Lee, Wendy.
In: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2015, p. e8-e9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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