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Vascular anomaly imaging mimics and differential diagnoses

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Vascular anomalies can be correctly diagnosed in the majority of instances using the combination of clinical history, physical examination and imaging. In certain cases, the clinical work-up may be inconclusive or unavailable to the radiologist, and the imaging findings can be nonspecific, yielding more than one possible diagnosis. In this pictorial essay, we discuss diagnoses that can mimic vascular anomalies and highlight key differentiating imaging features.

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Presented as an education exhibit at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America annual meeting and was the recipient of the Cum Laude award.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Permanente Medical Group,, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Santa Clara, 700 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, USA

    Mark D. Mamlouk & William P. McCullough

  2. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Mark D. Mamlouk

  3. Department of Dermatology,, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, USA

    Christina Danial

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Mamlouk, M.D., Danial, C. & McCullough, W.P. Vascular anomaly imaging mimics and differential diagnoses. Pediatr Radiol 49, 1088–1103 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04418-0

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