Killian-Jamieson diverticulum mimicking a suspicious thyroid nodule: Sonographic diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Jae Choon Pang; Semin Chong; Hyoung Il Na; Young Seok Kim; Sung Jun Park; Gui Young Kwon

• Book ID: 102332061
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 173 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20607

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Killian‐Jamieson diverticulum is a rare form of pharyngoesophageal diverticula emerging in the anterolateral wall of the cervical esophagus. We present a case of Killian‐Jamieson diverticulum that mimicked a thyroid nodule on sonography (US), and for which a US‐guided fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) was performed. The possibility of Killian‐Jamieson diverticulum should be considered when a thyroid nodule is seen adjacent to the esophagus even without US change during/after swallowing. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2009