Can't turn neck

Introduction Failure to turn neck is a symptom of the clinical manifestations of the atresia syndrome. The atresia syndrome, also known as the atresia syndrome, is the efferent state, which is caused by the basal lesion of the pons. Mainly seen in the cerebral vasculopathy, mostly bilateral occlusion of the basilar artery pons, resulting in bilateral infarction at the base of the pons.

Cause

It is caused by lesions in the base of the pons.

an examination

Related inspection

Brain CT examination

The patient showed that he could not speak, had horizontal dyskinesia, bilateral paralysis, tongue, pharynx and vocalization, swallowing movements were all obstacles, could not turn neck shrug, limbs were full, and there were bilateral pathological reflexes. Therefore, although the consciousness is clear, but because the body can not move, can not speak, often mistaken for coma.

Differential diagnosis

Neck stiffness is more common in the elderly, and it is a degenerative cervical disease, especially in winter.

Low muscle tone - paralyzed dyskinesia: involving the head and neck and the waist, such as the neck, can not lift the head, the waist can not be straight up and bulging, walking can not step and lift the legs and drag the ground. This is a clinical manifestation of tardive dyskinesia.

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