title: Focal pulmonary interstitial opacities adjacent to thoracic spine osteophytes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study was to determine whether osteophytes of the thoracic vertebrae cause focal fibrosis in the subpleural region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Osteophytes of the thoracic vertebrae appear to cause focal fibrosis in the adjacent pulmonary tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toki Municipal General Hospital, 703-24 Tokitsuguchi, Tokitsu-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5193 Japan.
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otake
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishigaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed