Pharyngoesophageal (Zenker's) diverticulum: case report.
Abstract
Pharyngoesophageal pulsion diverticulum is the most common of all oesophageal diverticuli and is characterised by dysphagia, regurgitation, gurgling sounds in the neck and aspiration. This is a report of an 80-year old female who presented with progressive dysphagia, weight loss and recurrent bouts of pneumonitis. A barium swallow showed a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum and an upper endoscopy confirmed a wide ostium and no other pathology. She underwent surgical pharyngoesophageal diverticulectomy and cricopharyngeal myotomy under general anaesthesia and made complete recovery with total relief of dysphagia.
URI
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/57830http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12380874
Publisher
University of Nairobi College of Health Science
Collections
- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]