Radiological Correlation Between Interstitial Lung Disease and Thoracic Osteophytosis: A Review of the Evidence in Literature

The main purpose of this article is to provide an extensive review of the literature about cervico-thoracic marginal osteophytosis with pathophysiological, histological evidence and complications emerging from the reported literature (esophageal perforation, spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), dysphagia, dyspnea etc.); and to correlate the alterations present in 5 cases reported by our centre with reported images and prevalence of radiological patterns found. The iconographic description is taken from the images that have been archived respecting the rules on privacy and before publishing them the informed consent of the patient was obtained and signed.