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Overview
While it may be asymptomatic, Zenker's diverticulum often causes clinical manifestations such as dysphagia, globus sensation, regurgitation, cough, halitosis,odynophagia.
History and Symptoms
While it may be asymptomatic, Zenker diverticulum often causes clinical manifestations such as the following:[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Dysphagia: difficulty swallowing
- Globus: a sense of a lump in the neck
- Regurgitation: reappearance of ingested food in the mouth due to the pouch filling up
- Cough: as some food may be regurgitated into the airways
- Halitosis: smelly breath, as stagnant food is digested by microrganisms
- Odynophagia or pain with swallowing is generally not present
References
- ↑ Hussain T, Maurer JT, Lang S, Stuck BA (2017). "[Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Zenker's diverticulum]". HNO (in German). 65 (2): 167–176. doi:10.1007/s00106-016-0302-z. PMID 27933354.
- ↑ Stankiewicz C (2006). "[Hypopharyngeal Zenker's diverticulum as a clinical and surgical problem]". Otolaryngol Pol (in Polish). 60 (3): 295–303. PMID 16989439.
- ↑ Ferreira LE, Simmons DT, Baron TH (2008). "Zenker's diverticula: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and flexible endoscopic management". Dis. Esophagus. 21 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00795.x. PMID 18197932.
- ↑ Law R, Katzka DA, Baron TH (2014). "Zenker's Diverticulum". Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 12 (11): 1773–82, quiz e111–2. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.016. PMID 24055983.
- ↑ Elbalal M, Mohamed AB, Hamdoun A, Yassin K, Miskeen E, Alla OK (2014). "Zenker's diverticulum: a case report and literature review". Pan Afr Med J. 17: 267. doi:10.11604/pamj.2014.17.267.4173. PMC 4191700. PMID 25309667.
- ↑ Al-Juboori AN, Al-Essawi SH (2013). "Zenker's diverticulum. A rare cause of dysphagia". Saudi Med J. 34 (1): 91–3. PMID 23299166.