no surgical intervention was planned, given this finding we requested a computed tomography (CT) scan of the supra-aortic arteries, in order to determine the path of the internal carotid arteries. The study showed a progressively medial rostral-caudal path, which nearly contacted both carotids at the hypopharyngeal level (Fig. 2), with the latter being located in the prevertebral plane. A 3D re...

Heterotopic calcification following head and neck irradiation has rarely been reported. It usually develops as a late complication of radiotherapy in patients with malignancies, including breast cancer, lymphoma, and genitourinary malignancies. The occurrence of heterotopic calcification in the prevertebral space of the cervical spine has not been described as a late complication of irradiation...

Cervical acceleration/deceleration or whiplash injuries are a common cause of cervical spine trauma. Cervical acceleration/deceleration can result in vertebral fractures, subluxations, and ligamentous and other soft tissue injuries. Severe injuries are often evidenced by increased prevertebral swelling on lateral X-ray. Assessment of the prevertebral space on lateral cervical spine films is an ...

A 74-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to a high fever, severe neck pain, and odynophagia for several days. A blood test showed a high white blood cell count and high C-reactive protein levels. Enhanced magnetic resonance image (MRI) showed low-signal calcification on T2weighted imaging in the retropharyngeal space at the C1-C2 level (Picture 1, arrow) with slight prevertebral ede...

the macroscopic study of 31 adult cadavers proved a variation to matula and lang's study. in 2 cases (6.4%) a prevertebral segment ran up to cy in one of which (3.2%) the middle cervical ganglion was pierced. this, we believe, is significant not only in diagnosis but also in surgical and endovascular treatment.

The authors compared the effect of postoperative administration of corticosteroids (dexamethasone) on prevertebral soft tissue swelling with that of placebo in patients with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Sixty-two consecutive patients with degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, who underwent a one level ACDF, were examined prospectively. They were assigned randomly t...