Retropharyngeal calcific tendonitis: Report of two cases

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-88

  Razon, Rhea Victoria B ^a,b   Nasir, Asad ^a   Wu, George S ^a   Soliman, Manal ^a   Trilling, Jeffrey ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK PAIN; ODYNOPHAGIA; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROPHARYNGEAL CALCIFIC TENDONITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDINITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 58549110237     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.01.080034     Document Type: Article

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