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Focal Pulmonary Interstitial Opacities Adjacent to Thoracic Spine Osteophytes

¹ Department of Radiology, Toki Municipal General Hospital, 703-24 Tokitsuguchi, Tokitsu-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5193 Japan.
² Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Shiga 520-2192 Japan.
³ Department of Radiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to determine whether osteophytes of the thoracic vertebrae cause focal fibrosis in the subpleural region.

CONCLUSION. Osteophytes of the thoracic vertebrae appear to cause focal fibrosis in the adjacent pulmonary tissue.

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