Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: a case report with unusual location of calcification.
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.
Park
So Young
SY
Department of Radiology, East-West Neo-Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, Kangdong-gu, Seoul, 134-090, South Korea.
Jin
Wook
W
Lee
Sang Hun
SH
Park
Ji Seon
JS
Yang
Dal Mo
DM
Ryu
Kyung Nam
KN
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*