Benign febrile cervicalgia due to calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis: case study.

Periarticular calcific tendinopathy has been well described, but no retropharyngeal locations have been reported in the surgical orthopedic literature. This pathology is a diagnostic pitfall, leading to fruitless invasive examinations and treatment. The clinical aspect is misleading, but pathognomic imaging can establish diagnosis. We report a case of febrile postoperative cervicalgia, initially suggestive of a septic complication, but in which imaging indicated retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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S Queinnec, D Petrover, P Guigui, B Ilharreborde. Benign febrile cervicalgia due to calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis: case study. Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR. 2011 May;97(3):341-4

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