Clinical and Imaging Features of Longus Colli Calcific Tendinitis: An Analysis of Ten Cases
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Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle.
Facility in the evaluation of the cervical prevertebral soft tissues should be a skill of any otolaryngologist. Tendinitis of the longus colli muscle mimics more serious disease processes of the prevertebral cervical region that the otolaryngologist may be required to evaluate. It has, however, received little attention in otolaryngological literature. Five cases from the Massachusetts Eye and ...
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STUDY DESIGN Case description. OBJECTIVE Acute calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle is a rare clinical entity that causes severe neck pain. This entity is not well recognized due to its nonspecific presentation such as acute neck pain, neck stiffness, and odynophagia. The importance of this disease with a review of the literature is presented. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Acute calc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2005-291X,2005-4408
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2018.10.2.204