Absence of thoracic osteophytosis in the area adjacent to the aorta: computed tomography demonstration.
Computed tomography of the chest shows that right-sided unilateral thoracic osteophytosis is a common phenomenon. The cross-sectional images obtained appear to support the thesis that aortic pulsations have a preventive effect on the formation of left-sided osteophytes.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed