1. Chronic Obstructive Pneumonia Caused by a Vertebral Body Osteophyte
Jorge A. León, MD, Kenneth T. Calamia, MD, Jack P. Leventhal, MD 
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Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages (February 2000)
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2. Figure 1
Chest radiogram demonstrating an infiltrate in the right lower lobe of the lung medially (arrow).
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3. 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).
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4. Figure 3
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy at the level of the carina, showing the posterior extrinsic mass effect on the right main stem bronchus (arrowhead).
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5. Figure 4
Intraoperative photograph demonstrating the large osteophyte (arrowheads) arising from the anterior aspect of the T7 vertebral body (arrow).
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6. 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).
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