2.Venous congestion from brachiocephalic vein stenosis mimicking sclerotic vertebral lesions
Nazimah Ab Mumin ; Raja Rizal Raja Aman ; Wai Yee Chan
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2019;74(3):240-242
In central venous obstruction, vertebral marrow
enhancement (VME) may be seen secondary to collateral
venous flow via the vertebral venous plexus.
1 There are only
sporadic case reports on pseudolesions due to collateral
enhancement mimicking sclerotic osseous metastasis. This
abnormal vertebral enhancement may lead to erroneous
diagnosis of sclerotic metastases or suspicious bone lesion
which affect the management and prognosis. We describe a
case of brachiocephalic vein obstruction-related vertebral
body pseudolesions as identified in contrast-enhanced
computed tomography (CECT) scan