Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli
What is Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli? Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscles is an inflammatory or granulomatous reaction to the deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the tendons of the longus colli muscle. It is occasionally more generically called calcific prevertebral tendinitis or, less accurately, retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis. The disease is rare…