Case report: tracheobronchial diverticulum, a potential risk for diving?
Long Qing, Yan Wang, Meng Zhang, Qinqin Pu, Wanwan Cai, Yaping Pan, Delin Xia · 2024
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Description
Long Qing and six co-authors report the first known case of a professional diver found to have an air passage pouch that could affect diving safety. Their case report was published in twenty twenty-three. The pouch, a small cyst outside the windpipe, usually causes no symptoms.
The healthy twenty-six-year-old man had dived to forty meters with no injuries or symptoms. A routine scan found the pouch by chance. Better scans suggested a small opening into the windpipe, but a camera check found none. Since no guide exists on diving with this condition, the team weighed the risk of pressure harm. The case opens a question for diving medicine: how to judge fitness when a hidden airway pouch might trap air under pressure.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Long Qing, Yan Wang, Meng Zhang, Qinqin Pu, Wanwan Cai, Yaping Pan, Delin Xia |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |