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Adult tracheocele with large cervical presentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. N. Mathur*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Pawan Sardana
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
V. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
A. S. Bais
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr N. N. Mathur, Professor, Department of ENT, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 110001, India.

Abstract

A case is described in which a middle-aged male presented with a large tracheocele in the neck arising from the right postero-lateral aspect of trachea at the level of T2 vertebra. It was not associated with any predisposing factors and except for the swelling in the neck the patient was asymptomatic. It was excised completely through the cervical approach and there has been no recurrence in two years follow-up.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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