EXPERIENCES IN THE SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF FIVE CASES OF STERNOMASTOID MUSCULAR TORTICOLLIS

Congenital muscular Torticollis is a rare musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the Sternocleidomastoid muscle. Producing deformity of the neck with ?exion of the neck towards the same side and the chin facing the opposite shoulder. We treated six cases, and of which ?ve are due to congenital Sternomastoid shortening (unilateral) and another case with fusion of cervical vertebrae causing Torticollis and Klippel Feil Syndrome with cleft of the soft palate which was also repaired.