Zencker's diverticulum in an 86 year-old woman undergoing gastrostomy tube
placement. Left: View of the pharynx showing the circular orifice of the
diverticulum, to the right of which is the triangular opening of the trachea
formed by the vocal cords. Right: Entry into the diverticulum revealed this
smooth, blind ending of the pouch.
Traction diverticulum of the
mid-esophagus, simulating a double lumen. Note the light reflection from the
base of the diverticulum on the right.
Incidental finding of multiple
small diverticula in the upper third of the esophagus of a 47 year-old man undergoing
endoscopy for evaluation of nausea, vomiting and early satiety; his symptoms
proved to be secondary to pyloric stenosis.