%0 Journal Article
%T LA ASOCIACI車N DE DIVERT赤CULO DE ZENKER Y ACALASIA Zenker`s diverticulum and acalasia
%A Juan David Mart赤nez Mar赤n
%J Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%D 2008
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%X Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 88 a os, con disfagia y antecedentes de acalasia no tratada de veinte a os de evoluci車n y s赤ntomas de disfagia oro far赤ngea. Los ex芍menes radiol車gicos y endosc車picos identificaron adem芍s de la acalasia un divert赤culo de Zenker. Se realiz車 terapia paliativa con inyecci車n de toxina botul赤nica en el esf赤nter esof芍gico inferior, con mejor赤a de los s赤ntomas. Se hace una revisi車n de la rara coexistencia de estas dos patolog赤as. An 88 year old patient has been observed. He is suffering from dysphagia and has a medical history of achalasia, which has had an evolution and has not bee treated for twenty years. He also has oropharynx dysphagia symptoms. In addition to the achalasia, the X-ray and endoscopy exams identified a Zenker diverticulum. Palliative or mitigating therapy was realized using botulinum toxin injection in the lower esophageal sphincter, with symptom improvement. A study is being made concerning the rare co-existence of these two pathologies.
%K divert赤culo de Zenker
%K acalasia del es車fago
%K transtornos de degluci車n (disfagia)
%K diverticulum Zenker
%K esophageal achalasia
%K deglutition disorders (dysphagia)
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