American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 19, Issue 9 1789-1792, Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Retropharyngeal effusion in acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis: diagnosis with CT and MR imaging
JD Eastwood, PA Hudgins and D Malone
Department of Radiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Three patients with the diagnosis of acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis underwent CT or a combination of CT and MR imaging, which showed previously described findings of calcifications within the tendons of the longus colli muscles. In addition, however, we detected a retropharyngeal effusion in all three patients. The importance of this finding lies in the need to differentiate this effusion from retropharyngeal infection.
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