Spot the trachea! A wide paratracheal air cyst of not easy definition

Ernesto Crisafulli; Chiara Lazzari; Chiara Longo; Nicol Bernardinello; Veronica Alfieri; Alfredo Chetta

doi:10.23750/abm.v89i2.5610

Spot the trachea! A wide paratracheal air cyst of not easy definition

Authors

Ernesto Crisafulli Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7298-7084
Chiara Lazzari Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Chiara Longo Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Nicol Bernardinello Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Veronica Alfieri Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Alfredo Chetta Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5610

Keywords:

Paratracheal air cyst, Tracheal diverticulum, Bronchogenic cyst.

Abstract

We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with an occasional image of a wide paratracheal oval air cyst of not easy definition. Patient had never received a chest X-ray and she had never suffered from symptoms that needed to investigate the trachea or the neck. The diagnostic hypothesis was a wide tracheal diverticulum or a bronchogenic cyst.

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Published

07-06-2018

Issue

Vol. 89 No. 2 (2018)

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CASE REPORTS

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Crisafulli E, Lazzari C, Longo C, Bernardinello N, Alfieri V, Chetta A. Spot the trachea! A wide paratracheal air cyst of not easy definition. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 7 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];89(2):260-1. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/5610

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