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Epiphrenic diverticulum seen on barium swallow study

Epiphrenic diverticulum seen on barium swallow study
Barium swallow study, performed in a patient with dysphagia and recurrent reflux, shows a large epiphrenic diverticulum (arrow) which has arisen immediately above a stricture (arrowhead) of the distal esophagus. This stricture was caused by chronic reflux esophagitis and the patient required an antireflux procedure, and resection of the stricture and diverticulum.
Courtesy of Jonathan Kruskal, MD, PhD.
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