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Curr Med Imaging
; 2024 Mar 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38494907
ABSTRACT
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.