Prevertebral tendinitis

Prevertebral tendinitis is a rare, mostly acute disease which is relatively unknown among radiologists. Although the aetiology is still unexplained, it is assumed that the disease is caused by an inflammatory foreign body reaction due to calcium hydroxyapatite deposits in the tendon of the longus colli muscle. There are some suggestions that repetitive trauma, recent injury, tissue necrosis, or ischemia may play a role in pathogenesis. To our best knowledge 83 cases have been published until now. By two cases we present clinical signs, the appearance on imaging and therapeutic options. Patients complain of rapid…