Pharyngeal pouch

Case contributed by Jeremy Jones , 30 Mar 2009
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 10 Jun 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Body was changed:

63 year old man with symptoms of dysphagia and food reguritationPharyngeal pouches are also known as Zenker's diverticulum. Didn't tolerate upper GI endoscopy intubation.

  • -<p>63 year old man with symptoms of dysphagia and food reguritation. Didn't tolerate upper GI endoscopy intubation.</p>
  • +<p><a title="Pharyngeal pouch" href="/articles/zenker-diverticulum">Pharyngeal pouches</a> are also known as Zenker's diverticulum. </p>
Presentation was added:
Symptoms of dysphagia and food reguritation. Did not tolerate upper GI endoscopy intubation.
Gender was set to Male.
Age was set to 63 years.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was added:

Posterior outpouching from the oesophagus at the level of C5/6, which fills with contrast. 

Modality changed from Barium to Fluoroscopy.
Images Changes:

Image Barium (Barium swallow - RPO) ( update )

Description was removed:
Pharyngeal pouch (lateral)
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

Image Barium (Barium swallow - RPO) ( update )

Single Or Stack Root was set to .

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