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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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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
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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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Sonography of Zenker Diverticulum

, 2018
Zenker diverticulum, also known as a pharyngeal pouch, is the most common type of esophageal diverticulum. While sonography is not the imaging modality of choice for diagnosis of a suspected diverticulum, it is not uncommon to detect during a ...
Amber R. Matuzak
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Esophageal Diverticulum and Megaesophagus in a Dog and a Cat

, 2018
Background: Esophageal diverticula are pouch-like dilatations in the esophageal wall that rarely affect dogs and cats, and may have the megaesophagus as a base cause.
Veloso, Jéssica Fontes, Rocha, Paula dos Santos, Lacerda, Priscila Dutra, Oliveira, Thaís Nascimento de Andrade, Carlos, Renata Santiago Alberto   +4 more
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Look Before You Cut: How a Killian–Jamieson Diverticulum Can Lead to Unnecessary Thyroidectomy

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume 42, Issue 4, April 2026.
Yi‐Wei Sun, Tzu‐Yen Huang, Che‐Wei Wu   +2 more
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