title: Retropharyngeal effusion in acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis: diagnosis with CT and MR imaging.
abstract: Three patients with the diagnosis of acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis underwent CT or a combination of CT and MR imaging, which showed previously described findings of calcifications within the tendons of the longus colli muscles. In addition, however, we detected a retropharyngeal effusion in all three patients. The importance of this finding lies in the need to differentiate this effusion from retropharyngeal infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hudgins
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010614:Pharynx / Q000378:metabolism*; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed