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- Title
Aspectos de imagem na tendinite calcária pré-vertebral.
- Authors
Grassi, Caio Giometti; de Vilhena Diniz, Fábio; Garcia, Márcio Ricardo Taveira; Gomes, Regina Lúcia Elia; Daniel, Mauro Miguel; de Gusmão Funari, Marcelo Buarque
- Abstract
Acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis is a benign and rare condition that presents calcification of the superior oblique fibers of longus colli muscle with local inflammatory reaction. Such condition is one of the less common presentations of calcium hydroxyapatite deposition disease. Clinical signs are usually acute neck pain and odynophagia, and it may be misdiagnosed as retropharyngeal abscess, spondylodiscitis or traumatic injury. The imaging findings in calcific prevertebral tendinitis are pathognomonic. The knowledge of such findings is extremely important to avoid unnecessary interventions in a patient presenting a condition with a good response to conservative treatment.
- Subjects
TENDINITIS; INFLAMMATION; HYDROXYAPATITE; OVERUSE injuries; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2011, Vol 44, Issue 5, p327
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0100-39842011000500012