Head and Neck Imaging

Paravertebral space, cervical

space covered by that part of the deep layer of the deep cervical fascia extending from the spinous processes and ligamentum nuchae to the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae (see cervical fascias). It contains the paraspinal muscles and the posterior parts of the vertebrae; it is also called the paraspinal portion of the perivertebral space cervical. Pathology in this space is not frequently seen; most commonly it is involved by infectious or metastatic disease spreading from the cervical spine.

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