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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]]. | ||
It is also known as '''diverticulum | It is also known as '''cricopharyngeal diverticulum''', '''pharyngoesophageal diverticulum''' and '''hypopharyngeal diverticulum'''.<ref name=pmid25759630>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nuño-Guzmán | first1 = CM. | last2 = García-Carrasco | first2 = D. | last3 = Haro | first3 = M. | last4 = Arróniz-Jáuregui | first4 = J. | last5 = Corona | first5 = JL. | last6 = Salcido | first6 = M. | title = Zenker's Diverticulum: Diagnostic Approach and Surgical Management. | journal = Case Rep Gastroenterol | volume = 8 | issue = 3 | pages = 346-52 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1159/000369130 | PMID = 25759630 }}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||