Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis in the neurological emergency unit, report of three cases and review of the literature Cover

Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis in the neurological emergency unit, report of three cases and review of the literature

Open Access
|Nov 2023

References

  1. Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS). The international classification of headache disorders, (beta version). Cephalalgia 2013; 33: 629–808. doi: 10.1177/0333102417738202
  2. Oliva F, Via A.G, Maffulli N. Physiopathology of intratendinous calcific deposition. BMC medicine 2012; 10: 1–10. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-95
  3. Langner S, Ginzkey C, Mlynski R; Weiss L. Differentiation of retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis and retropharyngeal abscess: a case series and review of the literature. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 277: 2631–6. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06057-w
  4. Horowitz G, Ben-Ari O, Brenner A, Fliss DM, Oshri Wasserzug O. Incidence of retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis (longus colli tendinitis) in the general population. Otolaryngol Head Neck Sug 2013, 148: 955–8. doi: 10.1177/0194599813482289
  5. Suh B, Eoh J, Shin J. Clinical and imaging features of longus colli calcific tendinitis: an analysis of ten cases. Clin Orthop Surg 2018, 10: 204–9. doi: 10.4055/cios.2018.10.2.204
  6. Boardman J, Kanal E, Aldred P, Boonsiri J, Chijindu Nworgu C, Zhang F. Frequency of acute longus colli tendinitis on CT examinations. Emerg Radiol 2017, 24: 645–51. doi: 10.1007/s10140-017-1537-z
  7. Rethlefsen ML, Kirtley S, Waffenschmidt S, Ayala AP, Moher D, Page MJ, et al. PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA statement for reporting literature searches in systematic reviews. Syst Rev 2021; 10: 39. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01542-z
  8. Gagnier JJ, Kienle G, Altman DG, Moher D, Sox H, Riley D, et al. The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting guideline development. Headache 2013; 53:1541–7. doi: 10.1111/head.12246. PMID: 24266334
  9. Bartsch T, Goadsby PJ. Stimulation of the greater occipital nerve induces increased central excitability of dural afferent input. Brain 2002; 125: 1496–509. doi: 10.1093/brain/awf166
  10. Aydil U, Kizil Y, Köybaşioğlu A. Less known non-infectious and neuromusculoskeletal system-originated anterolateral neck and craniofacial pain disorders. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 269: 9–16. doi: 10.1007/s00405-011-1746-0
  11. Ring, D, Vaccaro A R, Scuderi G, Pathria MN, Garfin SR. Acute calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis. Clinical presentation and pathological characterization. J Bone Joint Surg 1994; 76: 1636–42. doi: 10.2106/00004623-199411000-00006
  12. Hackett L, Millar N L, Lam P, Murrel GAC. Are the symptoms of calcific tendinitis due to neoinnervation and/or neovascularization? J Bone Joint Surg 2016; 98: 186–92. doi: 10.2106/jbjs.o.00417
  13. Jain H, Knorr TL, Sinha V. Retropharyngeal abscess. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing 2022. [cited 2022 Sep 10]. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441873/, [Updated 2022 Apr 28]
  14. Salaffi F, Ceccarelli L, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Polonara G, Facchini G, et al. Differentiation between infectious spondylodiscitis versus inflammatory or degenerative spinal changes: how can magnetic resonance imaging help the clinician? Radiol Med 2021; 126: 843–59. doi: 10.1007/s11547-021-01347-7
  15. Estimable K, Rizk C, Pujalte GG. A rare case of neck pain: acute longus colli calcific tendinitis in a possibly immunocompromised individual. J Am Board Fam Med 2015; 28: 146–50. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140124
  16. Arnold M, Cumurciuc R, Stapf C, Favrole P, Berthet K, Bousser MG. Pain as the only symptom of cervical artery dissection. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006; 77: 1021–4. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.094359
  17. Barmherzig R, Kingston W. Occipital neuralgia and cervicogenic headache: diagnosis and management. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2019, 19: 1–8. doi: 10.1007/s11910-019-0937-8
  18. Offiah CE, Hall E. Acute calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle: spectrum of CT appearances and anatomical correlation. Br J Radiol 2009; 82: e117–21. doi: 10.1259/bjr/19797697
  19. Eastwood JD, Hudgins PA, Malone D. Retropharyngeal effusion in acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis: diagnosis with CT and MR imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998; 19:1789–92. PMID: 9802506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2023-0045 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 430 - 435
Submitted on: Jul 4, 2023
|
Accepted on: Aug 17, 2023
|
Published on: Nov 30, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Tatjana Filipovic, Jernej Avsenik, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.