Author(s)

Youssouf Sogoba^1*, Abdoulaye Barry², Issa Amadou³, Boubacar Sogoba¹, Drissa Kanikomo¹, Seybou Hassane Diallo⁴, Oumar Coulibaly¹, Youssoufa Maiga⁴, Siaka Soumaoro⁵, Dianguina dit Noumou Soumaré⁶, Kadidiatou Singaré⁵, Mohamed Keita⁵

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hopital Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
²Department of Pediatrics, Hopital de Kati, Bamako, Mali.
³Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hopital Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Department of Neurology, Hopital Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
⁵Department of ENT, Hopital Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
⁶Department of Pneumonology, Hopital du Point G, Bamako, Mali.

Grisel’s syndrome is a rare complication that is characterized by non-traumatic atlantoaxial subluxation. It is most commonly seen in children after an upper respiratory tract infection or neck surgery, such as an adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy and mastoidectomy. Grisel’s Syndrome is characterized by torticollis and a limited range of motion of the neck with pain. Here the authors report a case of a Malian 5-year-old girl with Grisel’s syndrome following tonsillectomy. The patient’s complaints were fully resolved after 2 weeks of conservative treatment.

Atlantoaxial Subluxation, Grisel’s Syndrome, Torticollis

Sogoba, Y. , Barry, A. , Amadou, I. , Sogoba, B. , Kanikomo, D. , Diallo, S. , Coulibaly, O. , Maiga, Y. , Soumaoro, S. , Soumaré, D. , Singaré, K. and Keita, M. (2018) Conservative Treatment in Grisel’s Syndrome Following Tonsillectomy. World Journal of Neuroscience, 8, 38-43. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2018.81004.