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Acute Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendinitis in an Unusual Location: a Case Report in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Atlantoaxial Subluxation

Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is defined as inflammation of the longus colli muscle and is caused by the deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals, which usually involves the superior oblique fibers of the longus colli muscle from C1-3. Diagnosis is usually made by detecting amorphous calc...

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Autores principales: Lee, Seunghun, Joo, Kyung Bin, Lee, Kyu Hoon, Uhm, Wan-Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852912
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2011.12.4.504