Benign cause of neck pain: Case report on acute calcific tendinitis of longus colli muscle

• Main Authors: Muhammad Zahid Abdul Muien, Alvin Oliver Payus, Yong Guang Teh
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: RB1-214 Pathology; RB127-150 Manifestations of disease
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36201/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36201/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36201/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xocr.2022.100495

Acute calcific tendinitis is a rare cause of acute neck pain that is attributed to calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in the longus colli tendon. It is usually associated with pre-vertebral effusion. Acute calcific tendinitis is a non-infectious cause of inflammation, mimicking a more sinister diseas...