Cricopharyngeal bar

Case contributed by Henry Knipe , 6 Oct 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 6 Oct 2014

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Status changed from draft to published (public).
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Key learning points:

  • cricopharyngeal bars are relatively common on barium swallows
  • mostly asymptomatic with dysphagia resulting from a different pathology (as in this case from thoracic oesophageal dysmotlity)
  • associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and Zenker's diverticulum
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