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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid20665743>{{Cite journal | last1 = Singaporewalla | first1 = RM. | last2 = Mukherjee | first2 = JJ. | last3 = Thamboo | first3 = TP. | last4 = Cheah | first4 = WK. | title = Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum resembling a thyroid nodule on ultrasound. | journal = Head Neck | volume = 33 | issue = 12 | pages = 1800-3 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/hed.21474 | PMID = 20665743 }}</ref> | Features:<ref name=pmid20665743>{{Cite journal | last1 = Singaporewalla | first1 = RM. | last2 = Mukherjee | first2 = JJ. | last3 = Thamboo | first3 = TP. | last4 = Cheah | first4 = WK. | title = Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum resembling a thyroid nodule on ultrasound. | journal = Head Neck | volume = 33 | issue = 12 | pages = 1800-3 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/hed.21474 | PMID = 20665743 }}</ref> | ||
*Squamous mucosa. | *Squamous mucosa without [[nuclear atypia]] +/- parakeratosis. | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*[[Squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]]. | |||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]]. | *[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]]. | ||
==Sign out== | |||
<pre> | |||
Submitted as "Zenker's Diverticulum", Excision: | |||
- Squamous mucosa with parakeratosis, mild chronic inflammation | |||
and fibrosis; compatible with Zenker's diverticulum. | |||
- NEGATIVE for dysplasia and NEGATIVE malignancy. | |||
</pre> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||