Fig. 36
From: MRI of acute neck infections: evidence summary and pictorial review
Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli mimicking a retropharyngeal infection. Axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted (a) and sagittal T2-weighted (b) images show massive swelling of the longus colli muscles and retropharyngeal tissues (arrows). A sagittal non-contrast CT (c) shows a pathognomonic finding of amorphous calcifications of the longus colli muscle (arrows)