| Sumario: | ABS TRACT La te ral phary nge al di ver ti cu lum (LPD) is a ra re pat ho logy of the phary nge al wall. It may be con ge ni tal or ac qu i red. Ac qu i red LPD is mo re com mon com pa red to the con ge ni tal one. LPDs are usu ally bi la te ral and small and thus do not ca u se any physi cal signs. Ho we ver, uni la te ral and lar ge LPDs ha ve cli ni cal sig ni fi can ce sin ce they may le ad to dif fi culty in swal lo wing, we ight loss, as pi ra ti on and pne u mo ni a. Ma king a cli ni cal di ag no sis is dif fi cult. LPD is a func ti o nal di ver ti - cu lum and may ea sily be over lo o ked with ro u ti ne phary ngo-esop ha ge al exa mi na ti ons. Thus vi de - of lu o ros co pic tech ni qu es are va lu ab le for the di ag no sis. In this study, an uni la te ral sta ge II I LPD ca se di ag no sed with vi de of lu o ros co pic tech ni qu e and al so disp la yed with neck ul tra so nog raphy and com pu ted to mog raphy was pre sen ted in or der to call at ten ti on to LPD.
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