Korean Journal of Radiology

The Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회)
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A Case Report of Inflammatory Pseudotumor Involving the Clivus: CT and MR Findings

  • Jae Hee Lee (Department of Radiology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kijun Kim (Department of Radiology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Sung Woo Chung (Department of Neurology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Yong Chul Choi (Department of Otolaryngology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Ahnhi Lee (Department of Pathology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2000.04.26
  • Accepted : 2001.09.20
  • Published : 2001.12.31
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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.

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