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Esophageal diverticulum associated with Aerococcus viridans infection in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

, 2002
A juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) stranded in Gran Canaria, Spain was necropsied. The turtle was underweight, had sunken eves, and small amounts of crude oil were in the oral cavity.
Ruiz Reyes, Antonio, Calabuig Miranda,Pascual, Torrent, Ayose, Déniz, Soraya, Orós, Jorge, Sicilia, Javier   +5 more
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A Case of Zenker’s Diverticulum in a Patient with Tight Esophageal Peptic Stricture

Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD) is a posterior Sac like outpouching of the hypopharyngeal mucosa and submucosa through Killian’s triangle, which is an area of muscular weakness between the transverse fibers of the cricopharyngeus muscle and the oblique fibers
Abdulrahman M. Alkhormi, Muhammad Y. Memon   +1 more
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Minimally invasive approach to a symptomatic giant mid esophageal diverticulum

, 2017
Mid esophageal diverticula are a rare entity and are most commonly of pulsion variety. Though rarely symptomatic, they can result in dangerous complications like aspiration, bleeding, fistulisation and malignancy especially when they are large. They have
Sivakumar K., Naganath Babu O. L., Rajendran S., Villalan Ramasamy   +3 more
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Video Capsule Retention in a Zenker Diverticulum

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2011
We report the case of a video capsule endoscope lodged within a Zenker diverticulum. The system that was equipped with a real-time viewer showed an unchanging image unlike esophageal or gastric mucosa, suggesting that the capsule was elsewhere.
A. Horiuchi, Y. Nakayama, M. Kajiyama, N. Kato, T. Kamijima, Y. Ichise, N. Tanaka   +6 more
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Mid-esophageal diverticulum mimicking an aortic aneurysm on chest radiography

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Mid-esophageal region is an uncommon location of esophageal diverticula, a condition usually diagnosed in elderly individuals. CASE REPORT: We report a case of an elderly male with incidental finding of mediastinal lesion, which was initially
Hiremath, Shivaprakash Basavanthaiah, Kesavan, Charamel Sankaran, Shivaprakash Basavanthaiah Hiremath, Benjamin, Geena, Srikiran Thayille Kandy, Geena Benjamin, Charamel Sankaran Kesavan, Kandy, Srikiran Thayille   +7 more
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Laparoscopic Surgery for Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We wanted to assess our surgical results focusing on the patients' quality of life. We present our experience with laparoscopic surgery for epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum.
Andrási László, Paszt Attila, Ábrahám Szabolcs, Lázár György ifj, Rosztóczy András, Simonka Zsolt   +5 more
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Clinical case. Successful endoscopic treatment of an epiphrenic diverticulum of the esophagus using diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy (D-POEM)

Perioperative Medicine
Today, thanks to technological advancements in the field of endoscopy, it is now possible to incorporate new minimally invasive endoscopic treatment methods for various gastrointestinal tract pathologies into the daily practice of endoscopists. Over the
O Kryvoruk
doaj   +1 more source

Giant mid-esophageal diverticulum. Conservative treatment of postoperative leakage.

, 2009
Mid-esophageal diverticula are rare entities. Only symptomatic patients usually receive surgical treatment. Esophageal leakage is one of the most common complications after these procedures.
DALLATOMASINA S, VALENTE, UMBERTO, TROILO B, CHESSA M, NARDI I, SERRANO J, MIGGINO M, CASACCIA, MARCO   +7 more
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Esophageal leiomyoma within an epinephric diverticulum

Epinephric diverticula are distal esophageal pouches protruding from the epithelial lining of the esophagus while esophageal leiomyomas are benign smooth muscle lesions that constitute a significant percentage of all gastrointestinal leiomyomas ...
Ibrahim, Muhammad Bilal, Saeed, Muhammad Ibrahim, Kumari, Sameeta, Ismail, Faisal Wasim   +3 more
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MSCT study for adult esophageal diverticulum with secondary broncho-esophageal fistula

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Broncho-esophageal fistula (BEF) secondary to esophageal diverticulum is a rare clinical condition, which is often misdiagnosed for a long time.
Xin Dong, Ruonan Pan, Lijun Duan, Xiaoqian Lu, Dianbo Cao   +4 more
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