title: Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: a case report with unusual location of calcification.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, East-West Neo-Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, Kangdong-gu, Seoul, 134-090, South Korea.
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Wook
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Sang Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ji Seon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dal Mo
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kyung Nam
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Ryu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*