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Emergency Radiology
Published in: Emergency Radiology 5/2004

01-04-2004 | Original Article

Degeneration of the costovertebral articulation: a cause of pulmonary pseudolesion

Authors: Rebecca T. Leibowitz, Theodore E. Keats

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 5/2004

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Abstract

The objective was to report examples of degeneration of the costovertebral articulation producing a pulmonary pseudolesion. Three cases in which a nodular opacity seen on plain radiograph was determined to be secondary to degeneration of the costovertebral articulation were compiled, one of which was confirmed by CT. Pseudolesions produced by degenerative osteophytes of the vertebral spine and anomalous articulations between transverse processes are more commonly identified, but less well described is the pseudolesion produced by degeneration of the costovertebral articulation. Recognition of this etiology may prevent misconstruing the lesion as a significant finding.
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Keats TE, Anderson MW (2001) Atlas of normal roentgen variants that may simulate disease, 7th edn. Mosby, St Louis, pp 292, 968
Metadata
Title
Degeneration of the costovertebral articulation: a cause of pulmonary pseudolesion
Authors
Rebecca T. Leibowitz
Theodore E. Keats
Publication date
01-04-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Emergency Radiology / Issue 5/2004
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-004-0329-4

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