Longus cervicis colli "myositis" (syn: retropharyngeal tendinitis)
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Longus colli tendinitis.
A 44-year-old woman presented with a 4-day history of posterior neck pain with associated odynophagia. She denied any previous neck pain, trauma, or upper respiratory infections. Examination revealed bilateral posterior neck pain with decreased active and passive range of motion and tenderness with movement of the hyoid bone. Soft tissue neck radiograph revealed prevertebral soft tissue swellin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.3.324