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Carcinoma as a Complication of Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticulum: a Case Report


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1 Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, India
2 Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, India
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, IGMC- Shimla, India
 

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Esophageal diverticula are rare and the association of cancer in a diverticulum is even more rare. Esophageal diverticula are classified by location- phrenoesophageal (Zenker’s diverticulum-70%), thoracic and mediastinal (10%), and epiphrenic (20%). [3] Incidence of cancer in a diverticulum is 0.3%–7%, 1.8%, and 0.6% for pharyngoesophageal, midesophageal, and epiphrenic diverticula, respectively. We report a case of epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum complicated by malignancy within the diverticulum.


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CECT, contrast enhanced computed tomography, EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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  • Carcinoma as a Complication of Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticulum: a Case Report

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Authors

Brij Sharma
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, India
Rajesh Sharma
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, India
Vishal Bodh
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, India
Anu Dogra
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, IGMC- Shimla, India

Abstract


Esophageal diverticula are rare and the association of cancer in a diverticulum is even more rare. Esophageal diverticula are classified by location- phrenoesophageal (Zenker’s diverticulum-70%), thoracic and mediastinal (10%), and epiphrenic (20%). [3] Incidence of cancer in a diverticulum is 0.3%–7%, 1.8%, and 0.6% for pharyngoesophageal, midesophageal, and epiphrenic diverticula, respectively. We report a case of epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum complicated by malignancy within the diverticulum.


Keywords


CECT, contrast enhanced computed tomography, EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy

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