Gray-scale and power Doppler sonography and CT findings of myopericytoma of the posterior cervical space

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009 Sep;30(8):1604-6. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1535. Epub 2009 Mar 11.

Abstract

We report the imaging, pathologic findings, and differential diagnosis of a myopericytoma presenting in the posterior cervical space of a 51-year-old man. The mass was hypervascular on power Doppler sonography and demonstrated homogeneous intense enhancement on contrast-enhanced CT. Differential diagnosis included hypervascular metastasis, Castleman disease of the hyaline vascular type, and paraganglioma of the vagus nerve. Myopericytoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a highly vascular soft-tissue mass of the posterior cervical space.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangiopericytoma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler / methods*