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Mixed laryngocele mimicking thyroid nodule

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Laryngocele is defined as a dilation of the laryngeal saccule forming an air sac. Some differential diagnoses for laryngocele have been reported. The aim of the present paper was to describe a case of a patient referred for the evaluation a suspected thyroid nodule that was subsequently diagnosed as a mixed laryngocele. A 31-year-old male with no clinical manifestations was referred by an endocrinologist to undergo Doppler ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration biopsy due to a preliminary ultrasonographic diagnosis of a nodule apparently in the thyroid. The diagnosis of laryngocele was raised considering the cytopathological analysis and imaging exam. Computed tomography of the neck confirmed this hypothesis. The patient was counseled to consult a surgeon, but, up to the end of this report, continued asymptomatic and in follow-up. We report a mixed laryngocele with different clinical behavior, showing that laryngocele may appear to be another entity and drawing the attention of clinicians to imaging similarities.

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  1. Research Group on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Santa Casa Hospital, Avenida Francisco Sales, 1111, Bairro Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30150-221, Brazil

    Marcos Álvares de Campos, Elisa Carvalho de Siqueira, Fabricio Tinôco Alvim de Souza, Tiago Paes Gomide, Claudia Souza Freitas Faleiro, Fabiano Franco Monteiro Prado, Paulo Ramos Botelho Antunes & Maria Carolina Barbosa Álvares

  2. Service of Radiology, Santa Casa Hospital, Avenida Francisco Sales, 1111, Bairro Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30150-221, Brazil

    Marcos Álvares de Campos, Tiago Paes Gomide, Claudia Souza Freitas Faleiro, Fabiano Franco Monteiro Prado, Paulo Ramos Botelho Antunes & Maria Carolina Barbosa Álvares

  3. Specialized Center for Pathological Anatomy, Rua Padre Rolim, 515, Bairro Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-090, Brazil

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  4. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, Alameda Ezequiel Dias, 275, Bairro Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-110, Brazil

    Henrique Valladão Pires Gama

  5. DOPSOM Diagnostic Imaging Solutions, Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena 145, Bairro Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil

    Maria Carolina Barbosa Álvares

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de Campos, M.Á., de Siqueira, E.C., de Souza, F.T.A. et al. Mixed laryngocele mimicking thyroid nodule. J Ultrasound 25, 733–736 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-021-00614-7

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