Year 2015 / Volume 107 / Number 5
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Epiphrenic and middle esophageal diverticula: A rare cause of esophageal dysphagia. Esophageal high resolution manometry findings

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Constanza Ciriza-de-los-Ríos, Fernando Canga-Rodríguez-Valcárcel, José Modesto Dutari-Valdés and Isabel Castel-de-Lucas

Abstract
Esophageal diverticula (ED) constitute a rare pathology, with a prevalence ranging between 0.06% and 4% (1,2). According to its anatomical location it is classified as pharyngo-esophageal, middle esophageal and epiphrenics ED (3). The pathophysiologic mechanism differs in diverticula caused by traction, due to an inflammatory process involving the esophagus, or pulsion, associated with a concomitant motility disorder (4-6).
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Constanza Ciriza-de-los-Ríos, Fernando Canga-Rodríguez-Valcárcel, José Modesto Dutari-Valdés and Isabel Castel-de-Lucas. Epiphrenic and middle esophageal diverticula: A rare cause of esophageal dysphagia. Esophageal high resolution manometry findings. 316-321


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