Vertebral pseudolesion on lateral chest radiograph.
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.


CONCLUSIONS
Superimposition of the scapula on the upper thoracic spine causes a vertebral pseudolesion that simulates a sclerotic lesion.
Hammond
Ian
I
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.
Sheikh
Adnan
A
Rasuli
Pasteur
P
Souza
Carolina A
CA
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012540:Scapula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D051598:Whole Body Imaging