Chronic Obstructive Pneumonia Caused by a Vertebral Body Osteophyte Jorge A. León, MD, Kenneth T. Calamia, MD, Jack P. Leventhal, MD Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages 185-188 (February 2000) DOI: 10.4065/75.2.185 Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Chest radiogram demonstrating an infiltrate in the right lower lobe of the lung medially (arrow). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2000 75, 185-188DOI: (10.4065/75.2.185) Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Computed tomogram depicting the large anterior thoracic vertebral body osteophyte producing some mass effect on the posterior wall of the right main stem bronchus (arrow). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2000 75, 185-188DOI: (10.4065/75.2.185) Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Fiberoptic bronchoscopy at the level of the carina, showing the posterior extrinsic mass effect on the right main stem bronchus (arrowhead). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2000 75, 185-188DOI: (10.4065/75.2.185) Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Intraoperative photograph demonstrating the large osteophyte (arrowheads) arising from the anterior aspect of the T7 vertebral body (arrow). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2000 75, 185-188DOI: (10.4065/75.2.185) Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Fiberoptic bronchoscopy after resection of the anterior thoracic vertebral body osteophytes, showing reduction in the extrinsic posterior mass effect on the right main stem bronchus (arrowhead). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2000 75, 185-188DOI: (10.4065/75.2.185) Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions