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Sonographic discovery of a pharyngocele
Author(s) -
Chevallier Patrick,
Motamedi JeanPaul,
Marcy PierreYves,
Foa Cyril,
Padovani Bernard,
Bruneton JeanNoël
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(200002)28:2<101::aid-jcu9>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - medicine , abnormality , radiology , anatomy , sinus (botany) , lamina , psychiatry , botany , biology , genus
Cervical sonography was performed in a 25‐year‐old man who was referred to our department because of the recent appearance of a left anterolateral cervical mass. This mass had the sonographic properties of air; it communicated with and extended the piriform sinus as well as deformed the left lamina of the thyroid cartilage. A preliminary diagosis of left pharyngocele was confirmed by CT. To our knowledge, this is the first sonographic description of such an abnormality. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 28:101–103, 2000.