title: A case report of inflammatory pseudotumor involving the clivus: CT and MR findings.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed