Hypopharyngeal and oesophageal outpouchings and dysmotility
Hüpscher, D.N.
Radiologia Clinica 45(2-4): 74-87
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0376-6748 PMID: 821097 Document Number: 103377
Some aspects of the extensive pathology of the hypopharynx and oesophagus are discussed: abnormal outpouchings of the lateral pharyngeal wall; correlation between dysfunction of the pharyngooesophageal junctions and Zenker's diverticulum; correlation between oesophageal dysmotility and the presence of a pulsion diverticulum and intramural diverticulosis. A discussion of the principal causes of oesophageal dysmotility is followed by a detailed account of two manifestations of dysmotility: diffuse oesophageal spasm and diffuse oesophageal hypertrophy.