Vertebral pseudolesion on lateral chest radiograph

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Apr;190(4):W240-1. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3304.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the basis for the lateral chest radiographic finding of a pseudolesion simulating a sclerotic vertebral lesion.

Conclusion: Superimposition of the scapula on the upper thoracic spine causes a vertebral pseudolesion that simulates a sclerotic lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Thoracic*
  • Scapula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Whole Body Imaging