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- Title
An Adult Tracheocele with No Predisposing Factor.
- Authors
ERTAŞ, Burak; ULUĞ, Tuncay; AYDIN, Kubilay
- Abstract
Tracheoceles are rare, and usually, they have been described as incidental findings while evaluating patients for other problems. Our patient complained of a mass located in the right supraclavicular region that got larger on coughing and straining; otherwise, he was asymptomatic. His history did not reveal any predisposing factors. Computed tomography showed an air-filled 3×2.5×2 cm mass at the level of the T2-4 vertebrae. Surgical exploration showed an air-filled mass located between the common carotid artery and trachea, communicating with the tracheal lumen via a narrow tract attached to the posterior wall of the trachea. The mass was completely resected, and the defect in the posterior wall was repaired. A literature search revealed only one tracheocele case without any predisposing factors, and our case is a new one. It is different from other tracheocele reports considering the origin side, type, and level of the lesion.
- Subjects
TRACHEA tumors; COMPUTED tomography; DISEASE susceptibility
- Publication
Bezmialem Science, 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3, p138
- ISSN
2148-2373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14235/bs.2016.1074