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

Author: Jae Hee LEE ¹ ; Kijun KIM ; Sung Woo CHUNG ; Yong Chul CHOI ; Ahnhi LEE
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1. Department of Radiology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea. kjkim@olmh.cuk.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Pseudotumor, clivus inflammatory
MeSH: Adult; Bone Diseases/*diagnosis; Case Report; Cranial Fossa, Posterior/*pathology/*radiography; Granuloma, Plasma Cell/*diagnosis; Human; *Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; *Tomography, X-Ray Computed
From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2001;2(4):231-234
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: 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.