Zenker's diverticulum: a case report and literature review

The pharyngeal pouch (Zenker's diverticulum) is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the oesophagus). It occurs commonly in elderly patients (over 70 year) and the typical symptoms include dysphagia, regurgitation,...

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Autores principales: Elbalal, Moawia, Mohamed, Abu Baker, Hamdoun, Anas, Yassin, Khalid, Miskeen, Elhadi, Alla, Osman Khalaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309667
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.267.4173
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author Elbalal, Moawia
Mohamed, Abu Baker
Hamdoun, Anas
Yassin, Khalid
Miskeen, Elhadi
Alla, Osman Khalaf
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description The pharyngeal pouch (Zenker's diverticulum) is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the oesophagus). It occurs commonly in elderly patients (over 70 year) and the typical symptoms include dysphagia, regurgitation, chronic cough, aspiration and weight loss. We are reporting a case of an oropharyngeal dysphagia due to a Zenker's diverticulum in 75 years old Sudanese man with a chronic history of dysphagia for solids. The pathophysiology of Zenker's diverticulum, clinical presentation, and management are reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-41917002014-10-10 Zenker's diverticulum: a case report and literature review Elbalal, Moawia Mohamed, Abu Baker Hamdoun, Anas Yassin, Khalid Miskeen, Elhadi Alla, Osman Khalaf Pan Afr Med J Case Report The pharyngeal pouch (Zenker's diverticulum) is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the oesophagus). It occurs commonly in elderly patients (over 70 year) and the typical symptoms include dysphagia, regurgitation, chronic cough, aspiration and weight loss. We are reporting a case of an oropharyngeal dysphagia due to a Zenker's diverticulum in 75 years old Sudanese man with a chronic history of dysphagia for solids. The pathophysiology of Zenker's diverticulum, clinical presentation, and management are reviewed. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4191700/ /pubmed/25309667 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.267.4173 Text en © Moawia Elbalal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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