Season 1 Case 34

chest Mar 10, 2013

Case 34

History: Neck pain following neck trauma

Answer:

CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Case 34 Answer: tracheal diverticulum a.k.a. paratracheal air cyst.

No need to hedge on this one. It is incidental - classic location and appearance. Hedging is only going to turn this into a big issue when it is NORMAL.

Coronal MiniP from the same patient (having fun with Intellispace - if you don’t know what a MiniP is, it’s the reverse of a MIP, thus using the LOWEST density instead of the highest)

image

These are NORMAL VARIANTS, generally located at the level of T2 and almost always at the 7-o'clock position of the trachea

http://www.learningradiology.com/archives2010/COW%20433-Air%20cysts/aircystcorrect.htm

Tags

WetReadRad

Professor of the Darkroom Arts

Great! You've successfully subscribed.
Great! Next, complete checkout for full access.
Welcome back! You've successfully signed in.
Success! Your account is fully activated, you now have access to all content.