A Case of Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendinitis in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
10.4078/jrd.2013.20.6.385
- Author:
Hyae Jin YOON
1
;
Changnam SON
;
Seunghun LEE
;
Kungbin JOO
;
Tae Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Collegy of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. thkim@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neck pain;
Ankylosing spondylitis
- MeSH:
Durapatite;
Humans;
Muscles;
Neck Pain;
Spondylitis, Ankylosing*;
Tendinopathy*
- From:Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
2013;20(6):385-388
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis, also known as calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle, was first described by Hartley in 1964. It is caused by deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the longus colli muscles from C1 to C3. Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is diagnosed radiologically by the detection of amorphous calcification and pre-vertebral soft tissue swelling. Twelve cases of retropharnygeal calcific tendinitis have been reported in the Korean literature, but no cases with ankylosing spondylitis. In this case, we report an unusual case of retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis with ankylosing spondylitis.
