A Case of Zenker's Diverticulum Mimicking a Right Side Thyroid Nodule
10.11106/ijt.2018.11.1.56
- Author:
Chang Won CHOI
1
;
Hwa Young AHN
Author Information
1. Air Defense & Control Command, ROKAF, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyroid nodule;
Zenker diverticulum
- MeSH:
Diverticulum;
Diverticulum, Esophageal;
Hypopharynx;
Incidence;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroid Nodule;
Ultrasonography;
Zenker Diverticulum
- From:International Journal of Thyroidology
2018;11(1):56-59
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Zenker's diverticulum, a pulsion diverticulum of the hypopharynx, is a rare lesion that commonly occurs in left side of hypopharynx. The incidence of esophageal diverticula is much lower than that of focal lesions or nodules of thyroid. In an ultrasonography, the outpouching just like a focal thyroid lesion, may present as an oval or circular structure. The food remnants or gas bubbles present in the diverticulum may mimic microcalcifications presented in papillary thyroid carcinoma. We reported a case of right side Zenker's diverticulum mimicking a thyroid cancer in thyroid ultrasonography.
