Erschienen in:
01.10.2011 | Case Report
Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis—longus colli tendinitis—an unusual cause of acute dysphagia
verfasst von:
Bruno Coulier, Magdalena Macsim, Olivier Desgain
Erschienen in:
Emergency Radiology
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Ausgabe 5/2011
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Excerpt
Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is a rare but probably an underdiagnosed and an underestimated disease caused by calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in the longus colli tendon [
1‐
3]. Acute or subacute inflammation of these calcifications may lead to a false diagnosis of retropharyngeal abscess or phlegmon because of the association of severe cervical pain, stiff neck, and dysphagia and with a possible mild elevation of white blood cell count and C-reactive protein. The correct diagnosis is made by the recognition of pathognomonic signs on plain film and CT. The evolution is spontaneously favorable under medical treatment associating anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics [
4,
5]. …