Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Türkiye Klinikleri Tip Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.276-280, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
Lateral pharyngeal diverticulum (LPD) is a rare pathology of the pharyngeal wall. It may be congenital or acquired. Acquired LPD is more common compared to the congenital one. LPDs are usually bilateral and small and thus do not cause any physical signs. However, unilateral and large LPDs have clinical significance since they may lead to difficulty in swallowing, weight loss, aspiration and pneumonia Making a clinical diagnosis is difficult. LPD is a functional diverticulum and may easily be overlooked with routine pharyngo-esophageal examinations. Thus videofluoroscopic techniques are valuable for the diagnosis. In this study, an unilateral stage III LPD case diagnosed with videofluoroscopic technique and also displayed with neck ultrasonography and computed tomography was presented in order to call attention to LPD.