Zenker's Diverticulum (Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum)
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Zenker’s diverticulum, a pulsion diverticulum of the hypopharynx, is a rare lesion that occurs in older populations. Typically occurring between the cricopharyngeus muscle and the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, it may also originate in other parts of the esophagus. It often presents with dysphagia.
Treatment of symptomatic lesions includes diverticulectomy with myotomy and endoscopic diverticulectomy.
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