Calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis. [Radiological findings]

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Skelet. Radiol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00361865· OSTI ID:5502661

Karasick, D; Karasick, S

Calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis is an imflammation of the longus colli muscle tendon which is located on the anterior surface of the verterbral column extending from the atlas to the third thoracic vertebra. The acute inflammatory condition is selflimiting with symptoms consisting of a gradually increasing neck pain often associated with throat pain and difficulty swallowing. The pain is aggravated by head and neck movement. Clinically the condition can be confused with retropharyngeal absecess, meningitis, infectious spondylitis, and post-traumatic muscle spasm. The radiographic features of this condition consist of pre-vertebral soft tissue swelling from C1 to C4 and amorphous calcific density in the longus colli tendon anterior to the body of C2 and inferior to the anterior arch of C1.

• OSTI ID: 5502661
• Journal Information: Skelet. Radiol.; (United States), Vol. 7:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
INFLAMMATION
DIAGNOSIS
NECK
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
CALCIUM
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
IMAGES
MUSCLES
OPACITY
PATIENTS
PHARYNX
VERTEBRAE
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ANIMAL TISSUES
BODY
BODY AREAS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
ELEMENTS
MEDICINE
METALS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIOLOGY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SKELETON
SYMPTOMS
TISSUES
550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)