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Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle (CTLC) is an inflammatory disease caused by the deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystal in longus colli muscle and its tendon. The incidence of it is rare, only a few cases have been reported so far, and its common symptoms and sings were neck pain, limitation of neck motion, dysphagia and odynophagia and so on. Clinically, it can be masqueraded as retropharyngeal abscess on account of its non-specific clinical presentations and rare incidence. We encountered a 39-year-old woman with five days duration of progressive bilateral neck pain, limitation of neck motion that was finally diagnosed as retropharyngeal abscess accompanied by the CTLC. We report this rare and didactic case with a brief review of relevant literature.
