In the short report titled, Not all cases of neck pain with/without torticollis are benign: unusual presentations in a paediatric accident and emergency department (Emerg Med J 2005;22:645–8) two errors have occurred. The corresponding address for A Natarajan is incorrect and should be Consultant Paediatrician, anatarajanhotmail.com. The second error is in the legend for figure 1. It should read ‘T1-weighted MRI scan of the cervical spine showing a large intramedullary tumour in the cervical and upper thoracic region C1-T2.’ The journal apologises for these errors.