When a pouch forms at the junction of the pharynx and the esophagus, it is called Zenker’s diverticulum. The pharynx is located at the back of your throat, behind your nasal cavity and mouth.

Zenker’s diverticulum is a pouch that can form at the back of your throat. If it's left untreated, food and saliva can become trapped in it over time. Learn more about the symptoms of Zenker’s ...

Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD) is a rare condition where a pouch or “diverticulum” forms in the upper part of the esophagus. The diverticulum can trap food, liquids, and saliva.

Dear Doctor: I have a Zenker's diverticulum that, after 10 years, seems to be very large, judging by the volume it holds. At virtually every meal, I choke on food clogged in my esophagus ...

Zenker’s diverticulum — which is essentially a pseudodiverticulum — is characterized by bulging of the mucosa, possibly due to uncoordinated swallowing, impaired relaxation and spasm of the ...

In Zenker’s diverticulum, problems with the upper sphincter causes pressure in the esophagus during swallowing.It often is caused by a problem coordinating between moving food and relaxing the ...

Aspiration from Zenker's diverticulum usually occurs when the patient is recumbent. 4 Often, the patient is awakened by flooding of liquid material into his throat; he coughs and chokes with it.

OAK BROOK, Ill. – April 30, 2013 – A new study reports that flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum by using a diverticuloscope offers a treatment modality with a very low ...

Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) is a mucosal outpouching through the posterior pharyngeal wall resulting from increased hypopharyngeal (the bottom and back part of the throat) pressure due to fibrosis ...

The pouch can fill with food while eating, leading to swallowing difficulties. Zenker diverticulum is easily detected by barium swallow. Surgical excision was the usual treatment, but now the ...

Zenker’s diverticulum is a condition where a pouch forms in the throat, causing swallowing difficulties and discomfort. Traditionally, flexible endoscopic septotomy has been used to treat it.

The lesion was given its current name in 1877, referring to the pathologist Friedrich Albert von Zenker of Erlangen, Germany. The... Therapy of Zenker’s diverticulum (15.02.2008) ...