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Zenker's diverticulum
Also pharyngoesophageal diverticulum, also pharyngeal pouch, also hypopharyngeal diverticulum, is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the esophagus).
Symptoms:
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), and sense of a lump in the throat.
- Food might get trapped in the outpouching, leading to: Regurgitation, reappearance of ingested food in the mouth. Cough, due to food regurgitated into the airway.
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Gastroenterologist appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Total protein
- Albumen
- Surgeon appointment
Doctors
Operating surgeon
Gastroenterologist
Gastroenterologist
