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Giant epiphrenic diverticulum: an unusual case from diagnosis to treatment

Esophageal diverticulum is a rare disease caused by impairment of esophageal motility. The incidence is not known, due to lack of symptoms in many cases. Surgical treatment is reserved to symptomatic patients. In this case report, we describe a rare case of epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum. A 61-y...

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Autores principales: Gorgoglione, Francesca, Castorani, Giulia, Palladino, Nicola, Orciulo, Grazia Vittoria, Ferretti, Gian Maria, Palladino, Diego, Simeone, Anna, Taurchini, Marco, Guglielmi, Giuseppe
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Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20210232
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author Gorgoglione, Francesca
Castorani, Giulia
Palladino, Nicola
Orciulo, Grazia Vittoria
Ferretti, Gian Maria
Palladino, Diego
Simeone, Anna
Taurchini, Marco
Guglielmi, Giuseppe
author_facet Gorgoglione, Francesca
Castorani, Giulia
Palladino, Nicola
Orciulo, Grazia Vittoria
Ferretti, Gian Maria
Palladino, Diego
Simeone, Anna
Taurchini, Marco
Guglielmi, Giuseppe
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description Esophageal diverticulum is a rare disease caused by impairment of esophageal motility. The incidence is not known, due to lack of symptoms in many cases. Surgical treatment is reserved to symptomatic patients. In this case report, we describe a rare case of epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum. A 61-year-old male with silent medical history, suffering severe chest pain had a CT scan showing a large esophageal diverticulum. The patient was referred to our hospital, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, to complete pre-operative assessment with a CT scan and a Barium swallowing radiography, giving morphodimensional details of the diverticulum. Based on these findings, the surgeons have chosen the appropriate operative strategy. The surgeons adopted a laparoscopic access, completed with robotic-assisted laparotomy due to the morphology of the diverticulum. Radiological evaluation is crucial in the diagnosis and in the treatment planning of symptomatic patients.
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spelling pubmed-94617372022-09-12 Giant epiphrenic diverticulum: an unusual case from diagnosis to treatment Gorgoglione, Francesca Castorani, Giulia Palladino, Nicola Orciulo, Grazia Vittoria Ferretti, Gian Maria Palladino, Diego Simeone, Anna Taurchini, Marco Guglielmi, Giuseppe BJR Case Rep Case Report Esophageal diverticulum is a rare disease caused by impairment of esophageal motility. The incidence is not known, due to lack of symptoms in many cases. Surgical treatment is reserved to symptomatic patients. In this case report, we describe a rare case of epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum. A 61-year-old male with silent medical history, suffering severe chest pain had a CT scan showing a large esophageal diverticulum. The patient was referred to our hospital, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, to complete pre-operative assessment with a CT scan and a Barium swallowing radiography, giving morphodimensional details of the diverticulum. Based on these findings, the surgeons have chosen the appropriate operative strategy. The surgeons adopted a laparoscopic access, completed with robotic-assisted laparotomy due to the morphology of the diverticulum. Radiological evaluation is crucial in the diagnosis and in the treatment planning of symptomatic patients. The British Institute of Radiology. 2022-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9461737/ /pubmed/36101721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20210232 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gorgoglione, Francesca
Castorani, Giulia
Palladino, Nicola
Orciulo, Grazia Vittoria
Ferretti, Gian Maria
Palladino, Diego
Simeone, Anna
Taurchini, Marco
Guglielmi, Giuseppe
Giant epiphrenic diverticulum: an unusual case from diagnosis to treatment
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title_short Giant epiphrenic diverticulum: an unusual case from diagnosis to treatment
title_sort giant epiphrenic diverticulum: an unusual case from diagnosis to treatment
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20210232
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