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Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis presenting with neck pain and severe dysphagia: A case report
Author(s) -
Madokoro Yuta,
Mizuno Masayuki,
Kato Daisuke,
Toyoda Takanari,
Okita Kenji,
Matsukawa Noriyuki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
neurology and clinical neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2049-4173
DOI - 10.1111/ncn3.12115
Subject(s) - medicine , calcific tendinitis , dysphagia , neck pain , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , tendinitis , retropharyngeal space , infarction , calcification , surgery , rotator cuff , tendon , computed tomography , myocardial infarction , pathology , alternative medicine
We herein describe a 45‐year‐old man with posterior neck pain and severe dysphagia secondary to retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis. Brain stem infarction as a result of vertebral artery dissection was suspected, but head magnetic resonance imaging showed no acute ischemic lesion. Sagittal T2‐weighted neck magnetic resonance imaging showed a retropharyngeal fluid collection from C2 to C8, and neck computed tomography showed calcification at the tendon of the longus colli muscle. Based on these characteristic imaging findings, retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis was diagnosed. Neurologists should remember that retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis can cause neck pain and severe dysphagia, and mimic brain stem infarction as a result of vertebral artery dissection.