A Case Report of Inflammatory Pseudotumor Involving the Clivus: CT and MR Findings

The authors describe a rare case of inflammatory pseudotumor involving the clivus, where a soft tissue mass lesion, with extension into the prevertebral retropharyngeal space and the cavernous sinuses, was detected by CT and MRI. The mass resembled a malignant tumor or aggressive infectious lesion,...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jae Hee, Kim, Kijun, Chung, Sung Woo, Choi, Yong Chul, Lee, Ahnhi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Radiological Society 2001
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2718126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11754331
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2001.2.4.231
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Sumario:The authors describe a rare case of inflammatory pseudotumor involving the clivus, where a soft tissue mass lesion, with extension into the prevertebral retropharyngeal space and the cavernous sinuses, was detected by CT and MRI. The mass resembled a malignant tumor or aggressive infectious lesion, and the final diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor was a diagnosis of exclusion, decided after histopathological examination.

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