dropped head syndrome
MONDO:0858910Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names dropped head syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A spinal disease that is characterized by severe kyphotic deformity of the cervicothoracic spine and by severe weakness of the cervical paraspinal muscles that results in the passively correctable chin-on-chest deformity. This syndrome is defined by weakness of neck extensor muscles against gravity with or without weakness of neck flexor muscles.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0858910), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of