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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Patients with small Zenker's diverticulum are usually asymptomatic, the severity of the symptoms is proportional to the size of the diverticulum. The most common symptoms include dysphagia, local pain, food regurgitation, halitosis, coughing, hoarseness, aspiration pneumonia, bronchitis; less common symptoms include pill dysphagia, drooling, choking, globus sensation, weight loss, cervical borborygmi, hemoptysis, hematemesis.
Physical Examination
The hallmark of ZD is Dysphagia. The most common symptoms of ZD include halitosis, regurgitation, coughing.
History
Asymptomatic in patients with small Zenker's diverticulum, the severity of the symptoms is proportional to the size of the diverticulum.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Common symptoms
Local pain
Food regurgitation
Less common symptoms
Pill dysphagia- pills stuck in the throat
Choking on the food
Weight loss
References
- ↑ "Zenker's diverticulum: exploring treatment options".
- ↑ "Zenker's diverticula: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and flexible endoscopic management. - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ "Zenker's Diverticulum. - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ "[Hypopharyngeal Zenker's diverticulum as a clinical and surgical problem]. - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ "Simultaneously occurring Zenker's diverticulum and Killian-Jamieson diverticulum: case report and literature review. - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ 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.