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Incidental discovery of multiple tracheal diverticula

Tracheal diverticulum is observed in 1%-4% of the population, however, multiple tracheal diverticula are a rare occurrence. In this paper, we present a 75-year-old male, who was referred to a computed tomography-scan of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis because of an unintended weight loss, fatig...

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Autores principales: Krag, Christian Hedeager, Wille, Mathilde Marie Winkler
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.11.035
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description Tracheal diverticulum is observed in 1%-4% of the population, however, multiple tracheal diverticula are a rare occurrence. In this paper, we present a 75-year-old male, who was referred to a computed tomography-scan of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis because of an unintended weight loss, fatigue, and a smoking history of 60 pack-years. A definitive cause for the symptoms was not found, however as an incidental finding, the patient was diagnosed with multiple tracheal diverticula along the back wall of trachea and left main bronchus. Despite the rare occurrence, it is important to recognize multiple tracheal diverticula in the diagnostic process, because of the possibility of either removing the diverticula or initiating prophylactic actions to prevent complications such as empyema and pneumomediastinum.
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spelling pubmed-77146662020-12-09 Incidental discovery of multiple tracheal diverticula Krag, Christian Hedeager Wille, Mathilde Marie Winkler Radiol Case Rep Case Report Tracheal diverticulum is observed in 1%-4% of the population, however, multiple tracheal diverticula are a rare occurrence. In this paper, we present a 75-year-old male, who was referred to a computed tomography-scan of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis because of an unintended weight loss, fatigue, and a smoking history of 60 pack-years. A definitive cause for the symptoms was not found, however as an incidental finding, the patient was diagnosed with multiple tracheal diverticula along the back wall of trachea and left main bronchus. Despite the rare occurrence, it is important to recognize multiple tracheal diverticula in the diagnostic process, because of the possibility of either removing the diverticula or initiating prophylactic actions to prevent complications such as empyema and pneumomediastinum. Elsevier 2020-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7714666/ /pubmed/33304442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.11.035 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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