Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: A case report with unusual location of calcification

So Young Park; Wook Jin; Sang Hun Lee; Ji Seon Park; Dal Mo Yang; Kyung Nam Ryu

doi:10.1007/s00256-010-0879-3

Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: A case report with unusual location of calcification

So Young Park, Wook Jin, Sang Hun Lee, Ji Seon Park, Dal Mo Yang, Kyung Nam Ryu

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Abstract

Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is an inflammatory process caused by calcium hydroxyapatite crystal deposition in the longus colli tendon of the prevertebral space, and it may mimic a retropharyngeal infection or abscess. The diagnosis of retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis will be made radiologically by the detection of calcifications anterior to C1-C3 and prevertebral soft tissue swelling. We present a case of acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis with an unusual location of calcification anterior to the C5-C6 disc.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	817-820
Number of pages	4
Journal	Skeletal Radiology
Volume	39
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-010-0879-3
State	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Calcific tendinitis
Calcification
Computed tomography (CT)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Retropharyngeal infection
Spine

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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