Focal pulmonary interstitial opacities adjacent to thoracic spine osteophytes.
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.
Otake
Shoichiro
S
Department of Radiology, Toki Municipal General Hospital, 703-24 Tokitsuguchi, Tokitsu-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5193 Japan.
Takahashi
Masashi
M
Ishigaki
Takeo
T
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