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Zenker's Diverticulum

Diseases of the Digestive System

A Zenker's diverticulum, also called a pharyngeal pouch, is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the human pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle. It is a pseudo diverticulum, or false diverticulum, also known as a pulsion diverticulum.

Facts
Classification
Body System
Digestive System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
XI: Diseases of the Digestive System 1
Communicable or Non-communicable
Non-Communicable 1
First Described
1877 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
Wikipedia
  • List of chapters, Chapter XI
    Diseases of the digestive system
  • Non-infectious classification
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2. Zenker's diverticulum (Wikipedia)
Named in 1877 after Friedrich Albert von Zenker, article introView the Source
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