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Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: a case report with unusual location of calcification |
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| Authors: | So Young Park Wook Jin Sang Hun Lee Ji Seon Park Dal Mo Yang Kyung Nam Ryu |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Radiology, East-West Neo-Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, Kangdong-gu, Seoul, 134-090, South Korea;(2) Department of Orthopedic Surgery, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea;(3) Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea; |
| 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. |
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