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Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: a case report with unusual location of calcification

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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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  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

    So Young Park, Wook Jin & Dal Mo Yang

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

    Sang Hun Lee

  3. Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

    Ji Seon Park & Kyung Nam Ryu

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Park, S.Y., Jin, W., Lee, S.H. et al. Acute retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: a case report with unusual location of calcification. Skeletal Radiol 39, 817–820 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-010-0879-3

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