Tracheal diverticulum is a rarely and incidentaly encountered sonographic or radiologic finding.Most cases are asymptomatic, but when symptoms are present they usually have airway symptoms with cough or recurrent respiratory infection.Here, we report a rare case of 43 years old, non-smoker, male, with high grade fever, cough with expectoration,occasional hemoptysis and breathlessness.He was found to have an incidental right paratracheal air filled cavity connected by narrow stalk with posterior wall of trachea at level of thoracic inlet region on his CECT Chest.
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