Focal pulmonary interstitial opacities adjacent to thoracic spine osteophytes.

Otake, Shoichiro; Takahashi, Masashi; Ishigaki, Takeo · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2002

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to determine whether osteophytes of the thoracic vertebrae cause focal fibrosis in the subpleural region. Osteophytes of the thoracic vertebrae appear to cause focal fibrosis in the adjacent pulmonary tissue.

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