What is congenital muscular torticollis

Congenital muscular torticollis, the neck, commonly known as distortion, Department of - lateral sternocleidomastoid muscle contracture caused by head and neck tilt to the side of a congenital malformation.

Torticollis head and neck tilt to one side of the deformity, by the side of the neck muscles (sternocleidomastoid practice mainly) contracture or cervical disease, ocular diseases and neck caused by inflammation. Torticollis congenital or acquired, and in congenital muscular were more common, treatment, therefore the sooner, the better the prognosis, if treated, will appear on both sides of facial asymmetry discussed below, the muscular torticollis.
Congenital muscular torticollis caused by contracture of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Is generally believed that their cause is wrong or abnormal fetal position of the uterine wall pressure, abnormal fetal head and neck posture hindered side of the sternocleidomastoid muscle blood circulation resulting in ischemia, hypoplasia atrophy, contracture, causing torticollis According to statistics congenital muscular torticollis in children in the womb when the mother% of breech delivery have also accounted for the majority of abnormalities, and some at the side of fetal sternocleidomastoid delivery by forceps or birth canal extrusion, injury hemorrhage result of muscle contracture machine.