Sternoclediomastoid tumor. My daughter.

Many tumors go away within a year without any treatment. With stretching exercises, most will go away within six months. In a small percentage of cases the tumor persists beyond a year despite stretching. In these and other cases where there is early deformity of the face or body, surgery may be recommended. Well over 90 percent of these tumors go away within six months by following a daily regimen of stretching exercises, and repositioning procedures that an ENT will recommend. Sometimes, an ENT arranges a visit with a physical therapist, to demonstrate  the exercises and to work with the parents until they are well-practiced with the exercises. The physical therapist will want to watch the parents perform the exercises and schedule follow-up visits to check technique and progress.

Treatment options include: Passive stretching exercises. They involve gentle passive range of motion and strengthening exercises for your baby’s neck. Success of the exercises depends upon properly holding your baby by the shoulders and positioning your hands in the right spots, as well as the proper execution of them. Often two caregivers are needed to rotate your baby’s neck to the side of the affected muscle, while the other caregiver is holding your baby in place. Gentle, firm pressure is applied and the neck is rotated to its limit and held for several seconds. The procedure is generally repeated 10 times, twice daily. Repositioning procedures. These involve active range of motion exercises. Also, the physical therapist will demonstrate ways to handle, feed, carry, play with and position your baby as well as ways to encourage proper posture. Massage. A special method of massage can increase pain-free range of motion. Customized corrective helmet or molding cup for a baby who has a flat spot on his head in addition to the SCM tumor of infancy. Surgery. This is generally considered if SCM tumor of infancy persists after a year despite stretching exercises and other non-invasive treatment measures. Other considerations for surgery: your baby’s neck continues to have significant range of motion problems after six months of exercises or your child is older upon diagnosis of SCMI. The surgical techniques vary slightly depending on the SCM tumor of infancy and involve cutting, manipulating, lengthening and then stitching muscles in order to correct them. Surgery often requires a neck collar and physical exercises for several weeks or months afterwards.

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