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Massive bleeding in a Zenker's diverticulum
W G Hendren1, T Anderson, J I Miller
1Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
Southern Medical Journal
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
Massive bleeding from a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum is a rarely reported condition, with only two reported cases in the literature. This report describes a patient who had massive bleeding due to ulceration in the base of a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum, presumed to have been caused by chronic aspirin ingestion. The diagnosis was made on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and surgical treatment (cricopharyngeal myotomy and diverticulectomy) was curative.