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Abstract
A DIVERTICULUM at the upper end of the ESOPHAGUS through the cricopharyngeal muscle at the junction of the PHARYNX and the esophagus.
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- Esophago-Pharyngeal Diverticula
- Esophago-Pharyngeal Diverticulum
- Esophagopharyngeal Diverticulum
- Pharyngeal Diverticula
- Pharyngeal Diverticulum
- Pharyngo-Esophageal Diverticula
- Pharyngo-Esophageal Diverticulum
- Pharyngoesophageal Diverticula
- Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum
- Pharyngoesophageal Pulsion Diverticula
- Pharyngoesophageal Pulsion Diverticulum
- Zenker's Diverticula
- Zenker's Diverticulum
- Diverticula, Esophago-Pharyngeal
- Diverticula, Pharyngeal
- Diverticula, Pharyngo-Esophageal
- Diverticula, Pharyngoesophageal
- Diverticula, Pharyngoesophageal Pulsion
- Diverticula, Zenker's
- Diverticulum, Esophago-Pharyngeal
- Diverticulum, Esophagopharyngeal
- Diverticulum, Pharyngeal
- Diverticulum, Pharyngo-Esophageal
- Diverticulum, Pharyngoesophageal
- Diverticulum, Pharyngoesophageal Pulsion
- Diverticulum, Zenker
- Diverticulum, Zenker's
- Esophago Pharyngeal Diverticula
- Esophago Pharyngeal Diverticulum
- Esophagopharyngeal Diverticulums
- Pharyngo Esophageal Diverticula
- Pharyngo Esophageal Diverticulum
- Pulsion Diverticula, Pharyngoesophageal
- Pulsion Diverticulum, Pharyngoesophageal
- Zenker Diverticula
- Zenkers Diverticula
- Zenkers Diverticulum
- Pharyngeal Pouch, Posterior
- Posterior Pharyngeal Pouch
- Pouch, Posterior Pharyngeal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
inflamm divertic or diverticulitis: coord IM with DIVERTICULITIS (IM)
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History Note
2000(1992)
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Previous Indexing
- Esophageal Diverticulum (1966-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Zenker Diverticulum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016672. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016672
- Zenker Diverticulum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenker%27s_diverticulum
- Zenker Diverticulum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189638