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Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis
K D Flora1, M D Gordon, D Lieberman
1Department of Gastroenterology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center 97201, USA.
Digestive Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A 66-year-old man presented with severe chronic dysphagia and weight loss. A barium esophagogram revealed a proximal esophageal stricture and multiple pseudodiverticula. After death from aspiration pneumonia, a postmortem examination revealed extensive esophageal pseudodiverticulosis. Clinical presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of this unusual disorder are reviewed.