This retrospective study assessed the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 58 infants with infantile torticollis. Eighteen patients had nonmuscular causes of torticollis (group 1); MRI identified lesions in 16 patients. Of 40 patients with a diagnosis of congenital muscular torticollis (group 2), 28 had a normal MRI. Five patients had asymmetry of the sternocleidomastoid without noticeabl...

A unilateral (Left side) additional Clavicular head of sternocleidomastoid (SCM) was found during routine dissection of head and neck region in 43 years old male cadaver. The additional slip was extended its origin almost whole the length of middle third of clavicle. The fusion failure or abnormal mesodermal splitting during development may be the reason for present variation at origin of stern...

1. Beedassy A, Topolsky D, Styler M, Crilley P. Extramedullary blast crisis in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia in complete cytogenetic and molecular remission on interferon alfa therapy. Leukemia 2000; 24: 733-735. 2. Carlson NL, Erichson G, Lissel L. Simultaneous meningeal and testicular lymphoblastic transformation of Philadelphia positive CML in a three year old. Anticancer Res 1990;...

background: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is an autoimmune systemic disease. most common autoimmune diseases are multisystem disorders that may also present with otological manifestations, and autoimmune inner ear disease accompanied by vestibular dysfunction. this study aimed to compare the vestibular function between ra patients and normal subjects using cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potent...