Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Acquired Pharyngeal Diverticulum after Anterior Cervical Fusion Operation Misdiagnosed as Typical Zenker Diverticulum

  • Park, Jong Myung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Chang Wan (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Do Hyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital)
  • Received : 2015.08.26
  • Accepted : 2015.12.01
  • Published : 2016.08.05
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Abstract

A pharyngeal diverticulum is a rare complication of an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). We present a case of a pharyngeal diverticulum after an ACDF, which was misdiagnosed as a typical Zenker diverticulum. A 54-year-old woman presented with dysphagia and a sense of irritation in the neck following C5 through C7 cervical fusion 3 years prior. The patient underwent open surgery to resect the diverticulum with concurrent cricopharyngeal myotomy. An ACDF-related diverticulum is difficult to distinguish from a typical Zenker diverticulum.

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