Acute internal jugular vein thrombosis associated with pseudoabscess of the retropharyngeal space.
We present four patients in whom evidence of edema or a pseudomass in the retropharyngeal space was found on CT scans obtained after thrombosis of the internal jugular vein. The clinical condition of one patient led to surgery, which documented the sterility of the retropharyngeal space despite the CT appearance of an inflammatory process. The CT findings, which are confusing initially, are found to be typical in retrospect.
Poe
L B
LB
Department of Radiology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse 13210, USA.
Manzione
J V
JV
Wasenko
J J
JJ
Kellman
R M
RM
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed