Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitis
Longus coli tendonitis is a rare etiology of neck pain, occurring so infrequently that a prevalence is difficult to determine. Typical symptoms include neck pain, neck stiffness and an elevation of inflammatory markers, raising a concern for an infectious etiology. Radiographic imaging is essential...
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| author | Mark A. Colantonio, MD Katherine Shepherd, MD Brooke Shannon, DO |
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| description | Longus coli tendonitis is a rare etiology of neck pain, occurring so infrequently that a prevalence is difficult to determine. Typical symptoms include neck pain, neck stiffness and an elevation of inflammatory markers, raising a concern for an infectious etiology. Radiographic imaging is essential to establish a diagnosis and differentiate between life-threatening infectious pathologies, including meningitis and abscesses leading to airway compromise. We present a rare case of longus coli tendonitis, initially thought to be infectious. Our case highlights the importance of multimodal imaging for diagnosis and maintaining a broad differential when presented with concerning symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c90cf09d83848e284709277f8d337652025-01-18T05:04:01ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332025-03-0120314391442Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitisMark A. Colantonio, MD0Katherine Shepherd, MD1Brooke Shannon, DO2Corresponding author.; Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADepartment of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADepartment of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USALongus coli tendonitis is a rare etiology of neck pain, occurring so infrequently that a prevalence is difficult to determine. Typical symptoms include neck pain, neck stiffness and an elevation of inflammatory markers, raising a concern for an infectious etiology. Radiographic imaging is essential to establish a diagnosis and differentiate between life-threatening infectious pathologies, including meningitis and abscesses leading to airway compromise. We present a rare case of longus coli tendonitis, initially thought to be infectious. Our case highlights the importance of multimodal imaging for diagnosis and maintaining a broad differential when presented with concerning symptoms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324013517Longus coli tendonitisCalcific tendonitisNeck painHydroxyapatite crystalsAseptic inflammation |
| spellingShingle | Mark A. Colantonio, MD Katherine Shepherd, MD Brooke Shannon, DO Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitis Radiology Case Reports Longus coli tendonitis Calcific tendonitis Neck pain Hydroxyapatite crystals Aseptic inflammation |
| title | Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitis |
| title_full | Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitis |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitis |
| title_short | Not your common neck pain: Longus coli tendonitis |
| title_sort | not your common neck pain longus coli tendonitis |
| topic | Longus coli tendonitis Calcific tendonitis Neck pain Hydroxyapatite crystals Aseptic inflammation |
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