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{{ Infobox diagnosis | |||
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| Image = Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum -- low mag.jpg | |||
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| Caption = Consistent with Zenker's diverticulum (squamous mucosa). [[H&E stain]]. | |||
| Synonyms = cricopharyngeal diverticulum, pharyngoesophageal diverticulum and hypopharyngeal diverticulum | |||
| Micro = squamous mucosa without [[nuclear atypia]] +/- parakeratosis | |||
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| LMDDx = [[squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]], [[squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]], [[squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck]] | |||
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| Site = [[esophagus]]/pharynx | |||
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| Clinicalhx = elderly | |||
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| Symptoms = dysphagia | |||
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| Prognosis = benign | |||
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| Tx = excision | |||
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'''Zenker's diverticulum''' is an outpouching of the mucosa and submucosa at the junction of the pharynx and [[esophagus]]. | '''Zenker's diverticulum''' is an outpouching of the mucosa and submucosa at the junction of the pharynx and [[esophagus]]. | ||
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Clinical:<ref name=pmid24055983>{{Cite journal | last1 = Law | first1 = R. | last2 = Katzka | first2 = DA. | last3 = Baron | first3 = TH. | title = Zenker's Diverticulum. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 12 | issue = 11 | pages = 1773-82; quiz e111-2 | month = Nov | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.016 | PMID = 24055983 }}</ref> | Clinical:<ref name=pmid24055983>{{Cite journal | last1 = Law | first1 = R. | last2 = Katzka | first2 = DA. | last3 = Baron | first3 = TH. | title = Zenker's Diverticulum. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 12 | issue = 11 | pages = 1773-82; quiz e111-2 | month = Nov | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.016 | PMID = 24055983 }}</ref> | ||
*Eldery. | *Eldery. | ||
*Dysphagia. | *Dysphagia - difficultly swallowing. | ||
*May mimic a [[thyroid gland|thyroid]] nodule.<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> | *May mimic a [[thyroid gland|thyroid]] nodule.<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> | ||
*+/-Aspiration of food. | *+/-Aspiration of food. | ||
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*[[Squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]]. | *[[Squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]]. | ||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]]. | *[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]]. | ||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck]]. | |||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||