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  • Title: Carcinoma in a Zenker's diverticulum.
    Author: Donald PJ, Huffman DI.
    Journal: Head Neck Surg; 1979; 2(1):71-5. PubMed ID: 122379.
    Abstract:
    Zenker's diverticulum is a common developmental anomaly seen usually in the elderly. Carcinoma in this pharyngoesophageal outpouching has been reported in only 23 instances. A 55-year-old woman is presented whose only symptoms were dysphagia and periodic regurgitation of bloodstained material. Barium swallow and esophagoscopy confirmed the presence of a neoplasm, and biopsy revealed an epidermoid carcinoma. Wide field resection was followed by a full course of irradiation and secondary pharyngoesophageal reconstruction. The patient was free of disease at three-year follow-up.
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