TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastroesophageal obstruction from food in an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum
AU - Niv, Yaron
AU - Fraser, Gerald
AU - Krugliak, Pavel
PY - 1993/6
Y1 - 1993/6
N2 - An epiphrenic diverticulum is usually accompanied by esophageal motor disorders, diaphragmatic hernia, or esophagitis. Symptoms are rarely attributable to the diverticulum except very rarely when no other explanation for dysphagia or chest pain is demonstrated. We describe acute esophageal obstruction from food accumulating in an epiphrenic diverticulum and compressing the gastroesophageal junction, and we confirm the mechanism with an artificial balloon.
AB - An epiphrenic diverticulum is usually accompanied by esophageal motor disorders, diaphragmatic hernia, or esophagitis. Symptoms are rarely attributable to the diverticulum except very rarely when no other explanation for dysphagia or chest pain is demonstrated. We describe acute esophageal obstruction from food accumulating in an epiphrenic diverticulum and compressing the gastroesophageal junction, and we confirm the mechanism with an artificial balloon.
KW - Epiphrenic diverticulum
KW - Esophageal obstruction
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U2 - 10.1097/00004836-199306000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00004836-199306000-00009
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C2 - 8331265
AN - SCOPUS:0027278481
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 16
SP - 314
EP - 316
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 4
ER -