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High Resolution Images: Zenkerīs Diverticulum
The aperture of a small Zenker s diverticulum at the pharyngo-oesophageal junction
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Zenker's diverticulum is an outpouching of the pharyngeal wall in the pharyngo-oesophageal region, probably most often resulting from motor abnormalities in this region.
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The symtoms are dysphagia, which may be transient for a long time and aspiration - sometimes during sleep causing aspiration pneumonia.
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Zenker's diverticulum is easily vizualised by an X-ray-examination, as in these pictures. Endoscopy may be difficult, the patient cannot easily swallow the endoscope, and Zenker s diverticulum is one of the reasons for the very rare complications - perforation - during endoscopy. Zenker s diverticulum is treated surgically.
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The first known picture of a Zenker s diverticulum (the large sac to the left in the picture) in a woodcut published in a book by F. A. Zenker and H. von Ziemssen, Handbuch der Krankenheiten des Chylopoetischen Apparates I, 1877
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Zenkerīs diverticulum An outpouching of the pharyngeal wall in the pharyngo-oesophageal region, probably most often resulting from motor abnormalities in this region. The symtoms are dysphagia, which may be transient for a long time and aspiration - sometimes during sleep causing aspiration pneumonia. Zenkerīs diverticulum is easily vizualised by an X-ray-examination, as in these pictures. Endoscopy may be difficult, the patient cannot easily swallow the endoscope, and Zenkerīs diverticulum is one of the reasons for the very rare complications - perforation - during endoscopy. Zenkerīs diverticulum is treated surgically.
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