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Cervical kyphosis after resolution of myopathic head drop. A case report
J H Jaster1, T E Bertorini, M P Swims
1Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, USA.
Study Design:
This is a case report.
Objectives:
To present a case of cervical kyphosis after resolution of myopathic head drop.
Summary Of Background Data:
Myopathic head drop is a severe and persistent local myopathy that never progresses beyond the neck extensor muscles.
Methods:
A case is reported of a hospitalized psychiatric patient who experienced the sudden onset of severe neck extensor weakness consistent with myopathic head drop.
Results:
Although myopathic head drop resolved after 2 years, it left a disabling residual skeletal deformity of the cervical spine.
Conclusions:
Myopathic head drop may be a cause of cervical kyphosis.