DOI: 10.2174/0115734056260968231031103630 ISSN: 1573-4056
Another CCTA Incidental Finding: Case Report of an Idiopathic Pulmonary Vein Pseudo-thrombosis
Abraham Bordon, Noah Weg, Raphael Miller, Jay Leb, Seth I Sokol, Mark Guelfguat- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Introduction::
While pulmonary vein filling defects on CT are typically considered diagnostic for thrombus, under certain circumstances, they can be artifactual as a result of flow phenomena.
Case Presentation::
We report a case of a 53-year-old female with chest pain who was found to have filling defects in pulmonary vein branches on CCTA that were initially treated as thromboses. However, follow-up cardiac MRI was negative for thrombi, and pseudo-thrombosis was therefore diagnosed.
Conclusion::
Pulmonary vein pseudo-thrombosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary vein filling defects.