American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 122-125, March 2007

Giant midesophageal diverticulum presenting as food impaction: case report and review of the literature

  • Usamah Hadi, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box 11-0236-B18, Beirut, Lebanon. Tel.: +961 1 350 000x5470; fax: +961 1 370 793.
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  • Charbel Rameh, MD

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Received 9 February 2006

Abstract 

A giant midesophageal diverticulum is a medical rarity that is usually asymptomatic, and discovered incidentally. We report a case of a giant midesophageal diverticulum that revealed itself secondary to food impaction. A literature review on epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, investigations, and management of giant midesophageal diverticula will be highlighted.

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00122-0

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.06.014

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 122-125, March 2007

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