Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is not a rare disease and is probably underdiagnosed because symptoms are nonspecific, treating physicians are often unfamiliar with this entity, and it is a self-limiting pathology.

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A novel radiographic sign ("halo") and a new classification method for an evolving perisigmoid epidural abscess in acute mastoiditis are described. A thin and smooth halo sign is not indicative of a true abscess formation. Gross perisigmoid granular changes, however, are highly suggestive of an epidural abscess that warrants surgical intervention.