A Case of Symptomatic Tracheal Diverticulum and Surgical Resection as a Treatment Modality

Tracheal diverticulum is often diagnosed incidentally and, due to its rarity, there is no standard treatment. It is a benign entity, but has the potential to cause specific symptoms, such as chronic upper respiratory infection and chronic cough. Symptomatic tracheal diverticulum can be medically tre...

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Autores principales: Lee, Shin-Young, Joo, Seok, Lee, Geun Dong, Ham, Seok Jin, Park, Chul Hwan, Lee, Sungsoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27734005
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.5.405
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Sumario:Tracheal diverticulum is often diagnosed incidentally and, due to its rarity, there is no standard treatment. It is a benign entity, but has the potential to cause specific symptoms, such as chronic upper respiratory infection and chronic cough. Symptomatic tracheal diverticulum can be medically treated, but likelihood of recurrence is high. We report a case of surgical resection of symptomatic tracheal diverticulum to prevent recurrence.

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