Zenker's diverticulum CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ajay Gade MD[2]]

Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD) appears as an out-pouching sac on the CT scan over the posterior esophagus in the Killian’s triangle, a point of weakness in the muscular wall of the hypopharynx surrounded by the cricopharyngeal sphincter and oblique fibers of the inferior constrictor of the pharyngeal muscle.

ZD appears as an out-pouching sac on the CT scan over the posterior esophagus in the Killian’s triangle, a point of weakness in the muscular wall of the hypopharynx surrounded by the cricopharyngeal sphincter and oblique fibers of the inferior constrictor of the pharyngeal muscle.

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  CT-Zenker’s diverticulum
  Source:Radiopaedia^[1]

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