Acute Prevertebral Calcific Tendinitis

Authors

  • Alexander Stephen Tamm
  • Caroline Jeffery
  • Khalid Ansari
  • Sandeep Naik

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v9i11.2494

Keywords:

acute prevertebral calcific tendinitis, acute calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle, calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis, retropharyngeal edema, computed tomography of the neck

Abstract

We present a case of neck pain in a middle-aged woman, initially attributed to a retropharyngeal infection and treated with urgent intubation. With the help of computed tomography, the diagnosis was later revised to acute prevertebral calcific tendinitis, a self-limiting condition caused by abnormal calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in the longus colli muscles. It is critical to differentiate between these two disease entities due to dramatic differences in management. A discussion of acute prevertebral calcific tendinitis and its imaging findings is provided below.

Author Biographies

Alexander Stephen Tamm

Chief Resident, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging

 

Caroline Jeffery

Chief Resident, Otolaryngology

Khalid Ansari

Program Director, Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck

Sandeep Naik

Assistant Clinical Professor, Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
Journal of Radiology Case Reports November 2015 issue - Cover page: Rosai-Dorfman Disease Isolated to the Thoracic Epidural Spine by Benjamin Kozak et al.

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Published

2015-11-25

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 11 (2015)

Section

Neuroradiology

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