title: Levator claviculae muscle presenting as a neck mass: CT imaging.
abstract: We describe the imaging and clinical features of a patient presenting with a posterior cervical space mass. The only abnormality identified on CT was a variant muscle, the levator claviculae. Radiologists are cautioned to be familiar with this muscle and its appearance to avoid misdiagnosing it as pathologic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ginsberg
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Eicher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed