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Retropharyngeal abscess presenting as benign neck pain.

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OBJECTIVE To present a case of an uncommon presentation of cellulitis of the neck as benign neck pain. METHODS A 44-year-old man had severe neck pain and headaches for 2 weeks with an unknown cause. Minimal response to chiropractic treatment leads to coordination of treatment with the patient's

Retropharyngeal tendinitis: a rare differential diagnosis of severe headaches and neck pain.

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Retropharyngeal tendinitis is a rare cause of intense neck pain and occipital headache. It is caused by an aseptic inflammatory process in the longus colli tendon, triggered by deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystal. Clinically, it can be misdiagnosed as retropharyngeal abscess, traumatic

Osteomyelitis of the odontoid process associated with meningitis and retropharyngeal abscess--case report.

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A 52-year-old man complaining of headache and nuchal pain was treated initially under a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The meningitis resisted antibiotic therapy, and one week later was complicated by a ruptured retropharyngeal abscess, which led to the correct diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the

Atypical Retropharyngeal Abscess of Tuberculosis: Diagnostic Reasoning, Management, and Treatment

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Retropharyngeal abscess caused by tuberculosis (TB) is an unusual life-threatening disease. We present the case of a patient, mainly complaining about dysphagia, cephalalgia, and neck pain. History, examination, and laboratory data were inconclusive. Diagnostic imaging revealed retropharyngeal

Acute neck pain in the ED: Consider longus colli calcific tendinitis vs meningitis.

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Presented here is a rare cause of severe neck pain - acute longus colli calcific tendinitis - in a 54year old man who presented to the emergency department. The neck pain is due to inflammation caused by calcium hydroxyapatite crystal deposition in the tendons on the longus colli muscles. This is

[Retropharyngeal inflammation presenting as meningitis: an important differential diagnosis in clinical neurology].

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We report three patients who presented with occipital headache, neck pain, meningism, fever, and inflammatory findings in laboratory tests. Lumbar puncture for suspected meningitis revealed normal CSF findings in all patients. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated inflammation of the deep neck

Primary Spheno-Petro-Clival Tuberculosis.

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The increase awareness and advent of anti-tuberculosis therapy led to decline in tuberculosis. Now a resurgence of tuberculosis is with immunosuppression and with resistant strains. The detection rate of extrapulmonary is increased with the advent of newer modalities of detection, imaging, and

Torticollis in infants and children: common and unusual causes.

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Torticollis is a clinical symptom and sign characterized by a lateral head tilt and chin rotation toward the side opposite to the tilt. Many conditions cause torticollis. The differential diagnosis is different for infants than for children and adolescents. Congenital muscular torticollis associated

Case reports about an overlooked cause of neck pain: calcific tendinitis of the longus colli: Case reports.

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METHODS Case description. OBJECTIVE Acute calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle is a rare clinical entity that causes severe neck pain. This entity is not well recognized due to its nonspecific presentation such as acute neck pain, neck stiffness, and odynophagia. The importance of this

The crowned dens syndrome. Evaluation with CT imaging.

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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to verify the value of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of the "crowned dens" syndrome, not only in crystal deposition diseases, but also in other rheumatic or nonrheumatic conditions. METHODS Thirty-eight patients (15 men and 23 women; mean age 55

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