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Citation: Ann Clin Case Rep. 2019;4(1):1609.DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655.1609

A Rare True Epiphrenic Diverticulum in a Patient with Achalasia, Misdiagnosed as a Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia

Julie Holihan, Craig Floyd and Farzaneh Banki

Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, USA
Memorial Hermann Southeast Esophageal Disease Center, Texas, USA

^*Correspondance to: Farzaneh Banki

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Abstract:

Epiphrenic diverticula are pulsion/false diverticula caused by outflow resistance at the level of the gastroesophageal junction and esophageal motility disorders. We present a large epiphrenic diverticulum with clinical and pathological features of a true diverticulum in a patient with achalasia, which was misdiagnosed as a hiatal hernia.

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Holihan J, Floyd C, Banki F. A Rare True Epiphrenic Diverticulum in a Patient with Achalasia, Misdiagnosed as a Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2019; 4: 1609.