AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF ZENKERS DIVERTICULUM

Authors
STEMERMAN DH MERCADER V KRAMER G CAROLINE DF GATENBY R
Citation
Dh. Stemerman et al., AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF ZENKERS DIVERTICULUM, Clinical imaging, 20(2), 1996, pp. 112-114
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
112 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1996)20:2<112:AUPOZD>2.0.ZU;2-T
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 ex panded posteriorly and superiorly so that it was positioned in the pos terior pharyngeal space, causing both esophageal and tracheal narrowin g.