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Thrombophlebitic retroperitoneal collateral veins mimicking lymphadenopathy: MR and CT appearance
S G Silverman1, M M Hillstrom, C J Doyle
1Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Abdominal Imaging
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
The authors report the magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) features of what is believed to be thrombophlebitis of the left cava of a duplicated IVC, which mimicked lymphadenopathy, and prompted both a CT-guided needle aspiration biopsy and surgical exploration. Knowledge that retroperitoneal vascular anomalies can mimick lymphadenopathy, both clinically and radiographically, may help obviate further testing and intervention.