Sandifer’s syndrome and gastro- oesophageal reflux disease

Perkin and Murray-Lyon’s Neurology and the gastrointestinal system reviews gastrointestinal disorders with neurological features.1 The authors do not mention Sandifer’s syndrome, a disorder of the upper gastrointestinal tract with neurological manifestations occurring in children and adolescents. Sandifer’s syndrome is the association of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease with spastic torticollis and dystonic body movements. Nodding and rotation …