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DOI:10.2214/AJR.07.3304
AJR 2008; 190:W240-W241
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Clinical Observations

Vertebral Pseudolesion on Lateral Chest Radiograph

Ian Hammond1, Adnan Sheikh1, Pasteur Rasuli1 and Carolina A. Souza1

1 All authors: Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.

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.

CONCLUSION. Superimposition of the scapula on the upper thoracic spine causes a vertebral pseudolesion that simulates a sclerotic lesion.

Keywords: chest radiography • pseudolesion • scapula






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