Grisel Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy

Grisel's Syndrome: A Rare Complication following Adenotonsillectomy

Grisel's syndrome is a nontraumatic atlantoaxial subluxation which is usually secondary of an infection or an inflammation at the head and neck region. It can be observed after surgery of head and neck region. Etiopathogenesis has not been clearly described yet, but increased looseness of paraspinal ligament is thought to be responsible. Patients typically present with painful torticollis. Diag...

Cerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy: a rare complication

In the present paper, we report an extremely rare case of a 4-year-old girl who developed a frontal lobe intracerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy. This was diagnosed by computerised tomography at scan 21 days post-tonsillectomy when she presented with bilateral sixth nerve palsies. We believe that intracranial complications should be considered in any patient who present with headache...

Velopharyngeal incompetence as a complication of Grisel syndrome.

Lemierre syndrome: a rare complication of pharyngotonsillitis.

emierre’s syndrome consists of a pharyngeal infection assoiated with septicemia and internal jugular thrombosis with eptic emboli. This condition was described in 1936 by ndre Lemierre.1,2 It was initially named as post-anginal epticemia, and then, ‘‘forgotten disease’’, by becoming rare condition after the advent of antibiotics, with fewer han 100 cases reported since 1974.2 Lamierre’s syndrom...

Grisel's syndrome: a rare complication of tonsillectomy.

OBJECTIVES To discuss the pathophysiology of atlanto-axial subluxation as a rare complication of tonsillectomy, and to discuss the important radiological findings for diagnosis and treatment planning. CASE REPORT We report a case of post-tonsillectomy atlanto-axial subluxation, also known as Grisel's syndrome, in a child. On the third day after surgery, the boy presented with torticollis with...