Abstract
Background: Neck pain is a common presentation to the Emergency Department (ED), requiring
appropriate evaluation to exclude serious pathology. Objectives: To review an atypical
clinical presentation of neck pain and to distinguish this case and its associated
radiographic features from more common clinical entities. Case Report: We present
an ED case of calcific tendonitis of the longus coli muscle. Summary: Acute calcific
retropharyngeal tendinitis is a rare, benign etiology of non-traumatic neck pain that
is poorly recognized and often mistaken for other conditions secondary to infection
or trauma. The importance of this disorder, as well as a review of the literature
on the subject, is presented.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 24, 2008
Accepted:
January 17,
2008
Received in revised form:
January 11,
2008
Received:
October 16,
2007
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