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.
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 psychiatricpatient 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.