A Case of Killian-Jamieson Diverticulum Mimicking a Thyroid Nodule

Yeo Joo Kim; Sang Jin Kim

doi:10.11106/jkta.2012.5.2.161

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Kim and Kim: A Case of Killian-Jamieson Diverticulum Mimicking a Thyroid Nodule

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Journal of Korean Thyroid Association

Journal of Korean Thyroid Association 2012; 5(2): 161-162.

Published online: 28 November 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11106/jkta.2012.5.2.161

A Case of Killian-Jamieson Diverticulum Mimicking a Thyroid Nodule

Yeo Joo Kim, Sang Jin Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.

Correspondence: Yeo Joo Kim, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 330-721, Korea. Tel: 82-41-570-3685, Fax: 82-41-574-5762, yeojoo@schmc.ac.kr

Received 10 May 2012 Accepted 25 June 2012

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Keywords: Thyroid nodule, Killian-Jamieson diverticulum

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Fig. 1

(A) The axial US scan shows normal esophagus. (B, C) The axial (B) and longitudinal (C) US scan of the left thyroid lobe shows 10.6×8.6×13.4 mm sized low echogenic lesion with some echogenic foci.

Fig. 2

(A, B) The esophagogastroscopy shows a outpouching lesion below the upper esophageal sphincter, containing food material.

Fig. 3

(A, B) The esophagography confirms a barium-filled sac protruding from the left anterolateral wall of the cervical esophagus (arrowheads).

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