title: Venous malformation of the neck with giant phleboliths.
abstract: We present a case involving a 76-year-old man with a massive right-sided vascular neck mass that had been present since birth. The mass had been stable throughout the patient's life, but recently a portion of it had become hard. Physical examination revealed a firm, palpable focus within the vascular lesion in the right side of the neck. Computed tomography revealed the presence of numerous hyperdense foci, many more than 2 cm in size, which were confirmed by fine-needle aspiration to be phleboliths. The patient was followed for 6 months to ensure that the vascular mass and phleboliths remained stable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Tabassum
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moonis
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Loevner
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed