title: Benign febrile cervicalgia due to calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis: case study.
abstract: Periarticular calcific tendinopathy has been well described, but no retropharyngeal locations have been reported in the surgical orthopedic literature. This pathology is a diagnostic pitfall, leading to fruitless invasive examinations and treatment. The clinical aspect is misleading, but pathognomic imaging can establish diagnosis. We report a case of febrile postoperative cervicalgia, initially suggestive of a septic complication, but in which imaging indicated retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis.
authors: Beaujon Hospital, Orthopedics Dept, AP-HP, 100, boulevard du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Queinnec
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Petrover
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Guigui
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Ilharreborde
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed