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Zenker Diverticulum

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Definition: A DIVERTICULUM at the upper end of the ESOPHAGUS through the cricopharyngeal muscle at the junction of the PHARYNX and the esophagus.  inflamm divertic or diverticulitis: coord IM with DIVERTICULITIS (IM)    Other names Zenker's Diverticulum; Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum; Pharyngeal Diverticulum; Esophagopharyngeal Diverticulum; Zenkers Diverticulum; Zenkers Diverticula; Zenker Diverticula; Pulsion Diverticulum, Pharyngoesophageal; Pulsion Diverticula, Pharyngoesophageal; Pharyngo Esophageal Diverticulum; Pharyngo Esophageal Diverticula; Esophagopharyngeal Diverticulums; Esophago Pharyngeal Diverticulum; Esophago Pharyngeal Diverticula; Diverticulums, Esophagopharyngeal; Diverticulum, Zenker's; Diverticulum, Zenker; Diverticulum, Pharyngoesophageal Pulsion; Diverticulum, Pharyngoesophageal; Diverticulum, Pharyngo-Esophageal

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