descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 18 Mar 2008 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:QJM, volume 101, pages 747-748 (issn: 1460-2725, eissn: 1460-2393,

Authors: McGrath, E E; McCabe, J; Odudu, A;

doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn081

pmid: 18647796

Zenker's diverticulum

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Abstract

An 86-year-old male with a background of pulmonary fibrosis and asthma was admitted to hospital with a six-month history of a productive cough. He produced approximately one teaspoon of white sputum per day but noticed that the cough was exacerbated significantly after eating dry food. At meal times he experienced slight dysphagia and coughed up …

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Keywords

Aged, 80 and over, Male, Zenker Diverticulum, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Radiography, Esophagus, Zenker Diverticulum/complications/*radiography, Pulmonary Fibrosis/complications/radiography, 80 and over, Lung/radiography, Humans, Lung, Esophagus/*radiography, Aged

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