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Case of the Week 584 
What is the most likely diagnosis?
- 63 year-old with difficulty swallowing
Loop Video of Barium Esophagram
- Esophageal Varices
- Zenker's Diverticulum
- Esophageal Carcinoma
- Traction Diverticulum
- Foreign Body
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Answer:
2. Zenker's Diverticulum
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Zenker's Diverticulum
· Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum
· Occurs in older women
· Posteriorly at site of Killian's dehiscence = superior boundary is thyropharyngeal muscle and inferior boundary is cricopharyngeal muscle
· Pulsion diverticulum
· False diverticulum = herniation of mucosa and submucosa through muscular layer
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