Benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy

Benign paroxysmal torticollis is an episodic functional disorder of unknown etiology that occurs in the early months of life in healthy individuals. T he child's head tilts to one side for a few hours or days, usually without any associated symptoms. The disorder, which disappears within the first fe w years of life, is often misinterpreted and the patient pointlessly underg oes numerous tests. We present our series of 22 patients observed at the pe diatric neurology outpatients clinic in Padova with a view to refreshing th e pediatrician's memory on this frequent, benign pathology. (C) 2000 Publis hed by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.