Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Labour - normal, abnormal, malposition, malpresentation and their management
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Regarding Congenital toicollis - all of the following are TRUE EXCEPT:-
High-Yield Explanation
Injury to the sternocleidomastoid muscle paicularly seen during a breech delivery leads to turning of the head towards the side of injury i.e. Toicollis. Other causes could be congenital anomaly of cranioveebral junction, klippel-feil syndrome, sternocleidomastoid tumor, postural toicollis etc. As the neck lengthens in the process of normal growth, the head is gradually turned toward the side of the injury The term tumor is a misnomer because most commonly it is congenital fibrosis within the muscle