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Extra-pharyngeal neck pathology complicating pharyngeal pouch surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. C. Shotton ,
G. A. Russell ,
M. Milton Cathrine  and
R. J. Sergeant
J. C. Shotton*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells TN3 ODA
G. A. Russell
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells TN3 ODA
M. Milton Cathrine
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells TN3 ODA
R. J. Sergeant
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells TN3 ODA
*
J. C. Shotton, F.R.C.S., 6 Newlands, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 ODA
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Abstract

One case each of: (1) low grade thyroid lymphoma; (2) supraclavicular and para-oesophageal metastasis of a uterine adenocarcinoma; and (3) recurrent multinodular goitre have been encountered in very intimate relationship with the neck of a pharyngeal pouch within the tracheo-oesophageal gutter raising the possibility that the two conditions were interrelated. The practical importance of these cases is that a surgeon excising a pouch from the neck ought to be able to resect a thyroid lobe should it prove necessary, and occasionally endoscopic diverticulotomy is the only reasonable option.

Keywords

Zenker's diverticulumsurgery
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 12 , December 1993 , pp. 1163 - 1164
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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