Tracheal diverticulum: a rare cause of hoarseness of the voice.
Tracheal diverticulum is a rare benign disease also known as paratracheal air cyst. Mostly these are asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally on radiologic examination of the chest. Common symptoms are cough, recurrent respiratory tract infections, and sometimes dysphagia. Herein we report a rare case of hoarseness of voice caused by tracheal diverticulum. Computed tomography scan of neck revealed a large tracheal diverticulum, probably compressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve as bronchoscopy showed impaired right vocal cord movement. Two weeks after diverticulectomy, the patient's voice returned to normal.
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Medicine, Radiology, and Anesthesia, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: drihc@hotmail.co.uk.
Ikram
I
Chaudhry
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Medicine, Radiology, and Anesthesia, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Hadi
H
Mutairi
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Medicine, Radiology, and Anesthesia, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Ebrahim
E
Hassan
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Medicine, Radiology, and Anesthesia, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Mussarat
M
Afzal
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Medicine, Radiology, and Anesthesia, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Imtiaz
I
Khurshid
D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications*
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