A 48-year-old grocery store manager comes to your clinic, co…
A 48-year-old grocery store manager comes to your clinic, complaining of her head being stuck to one side. She says that today she was doing her normal routine when it suddenly felt like her head was being moved to her left and then it just stuck that way. She says it is somewhat painful because she cannot get it moved back to normal. She denies any recent neck trauma. Her past medical history consists of type 2 diabetes and gastroparesis (slow-moving peristalsis in the digestive tract, seen in diabetes). She is on oral medication for each. She is married and has three children. She denies tobacco, alcohol, or drug use. Her father has diabetes and her mother passed away from breast cancer. Her children are healthy. On examination you see a slightly overweight woman appearing her stated age. Her head is twisted grotesquely to her left but otherwise her examination is normal.What form of involuntary movement does she have?
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