Author/Authors :
mehrian, payam shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - chronic respiratory diseases research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases - department of radiology, tehran, iran , cheraghvandi, ali shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - lung transplantation research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases - department of medicine, tehran, iran , talischi, firouzeh shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - nursing and respiratory health management research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases, tehran, iran , fallah-tafti, saeid shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - tobacco prevention and control research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases - department of medicine, tehran, iran
Abstract :
tracheal diverticulum is a rarely encountered entity usually diagnosed incidentally on ct scan. it may be asymptomatic or may present with recurrent respiratory infections or other symptomatology. here we report a 59-year-old baker presented with shortness of breath, cough, and sputum production that had tracheal diverticulum in association with bronchiectasis on hrct which has rarely been reported in the literature.
