A Case of Zenker's Diverticulum Mimicking the Thyroid Tumor Associated with Vocal Cord Palsy.
- Author:
Jong Dae LEE
1
;
Hoon PARK
;
Jae Min SHIN
;
Yoon Woo KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea. ywkohent@schbc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Zenker's diverticulum;
Vocal cord paralysis;
Thyroid gland
- MeSH:
Aged;
Deglutition Disorders;
Diverticulum;
Halitosis;
Humans;
Neck;
Pneumonia, Aspiration;
Thyroid Gland*;
Vocal Cord Paralysis*;
Vocal Cords*;
Zenker Diverticulum*
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2006;49(2):241-245
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We usually consider the anterior neck mass associated with ipsilateral vocal cord paralysis as a thyroid tumor. Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) is classically defined as a pulsion diverticulum between the cricopharyngeal muscle and inferior constrictor muscle in an area of Killian's triangle. If ZD increases sufficiently, it might be presented as a anterior neck mass, or a thyroid tumor. In the literature, ZD has been rarely presented as a thyroid mass associated with ipsilateral vocal cord palalysis. ZD occurs predominantly in the elderly and induces non-specific symptoms such as dysphagia, regurgitaion, aspiration pneumonia, and halitosis. Vocal cord paralysis associated with ZD may be related to carcinoma occurring in ZD. We report, with a brief review of literature, a case of ZD mimicking the thyroid tumor associated with vocal cord paralysis and treated with surgery.
