Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (임상이비인후과)

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (대한이비인후과학회 부산,울산,경남 지부회)
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A Case of Incidental Esophageal Diverticulum During Thyroidectomy

갑상선절제술 중 우연히 발견된 식도 게실 1예

  • Kim, Min-Sik (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Jo (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Choon (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Sung, Eui-Suk (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 김민식 (부산대학교 의과대학 양산부산대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 김동조 (부산대학교 의과대학 양산부산대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 이진춘 (부산대학교 의과대학 양산부산대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 성의숙 (부산대학교 의과대학 양산부산대학교병원 이비인후과학교실)
  • Received : 2018.09.17
  • Accepted : 2018.11.15
  • Published : 2018.12.30

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Abstract

Esophageal diverticulum is very rare disease. Since it usually has no symptoms, it is hard to find and diagnose. Moreover, if the diverticulum is located nearly to thyroid gland, surgeons sometimes misdiagnose as a thyroid nodule. Here, we represent our case which has papillary thyroid cancer and esophageal diverticulum together. In this case, we experienced the surgical procedure and postoperative complications of the esophageal diverticulum. Even though esophageal diverticulum was in preoperative computed tomography and ultrasound, it was neglected before the surgery so that found during the operation. The purpose of this study was to know the preoperative radiological findings of the esophageal diverticulum and to find out what to be aware of during surgery and how to manage the complications after surgery.

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