She Was Born With "Dropped Head Syndrome". A Delhi Hospital Helped
NDTV
Delhi: The 13-year-old's case had gotten complicated over the years due to undiagnosed, neglected, progressive dislocation at the craniocervical junction.
A 13-year-old suffering from a rare muscular condition called 'dropped head syndrome' with her head bent at 90 degrees, was successfully operated on at a hospital in the national capital which corrected her neck position.
An extremely rare condition commonly termed "dropped head syndrome" is a chin-on-chest deformity in which the head drops forward due to a lack of support from the muscles of the neck and can be caused by a variety of neuromuscular or other disorders.
The teen was operated on at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in the national capital.
The 13-year-old's case had gotten complicated over the years due to undiagnosed, neglected, progressive dislocation at the craniocervical junction aggravated by the cervical dystonia of her cerebral palsy.
