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An unusual presentation of Zenker's diverticulum
D H Stemerman1, V Mercader, G Kramer
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Temple University Hospital/School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
Clinical Imaging
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
Zenker's diverticula are esophageal outpouchings in the region of the cricopharyngeus which typically grow in a posterolateral and inferior direction and can cause esophageal compression if the diverticulum is large enough. We describe a patient in whom a Zenker's diverticulum expanded posteriorly and superiorly so that it was positioned in the posterior pharyngeal space, causing both esophageal and tracheal narrowing.