Calcium Apatite Deposition Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

Figure 17

Calcific tendinitis mimicking infection. (a) Marked retropharyngeal edema (arrowhead) in a patient with retropharyngeal cellulitis. (b) Similar but less exuberant retropharyngeal edema in a patient with longus colli calcific tendinitis. The calcification of the longus colli (arrow) allows differentiation of calcific tendinitis from infection.

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