Acute calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle masquerading as a retropharyngeal abscess: A case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Acute calcific longus colli tendinitis, also known as retropharyngeal or acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis, is a reactive self-limiting inflammatory response to acute or subacute deposition of amorphous calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the tendons of the longus colli muscle, ant...

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Published in:Int J Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Alamoudi, Uthman, Al-Sayed, Ahmed A., AlSallumi, Yasser, Rigby, Matthew H., Taylor, S. Mark, Hart, Robert D., Trites, Jonathan R.B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686463/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29145108
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.10.063
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