Etymology

Zenker's diverticulum

Today it means: A pulsion-type false diverticulum of the pharyngoesophageal junction caused by herniation of the mucosa and submucosa through Killian's triangle, a zone of muscular weakness above the upper esophageal sphincter. Full definition →

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Named after German pathologist Friedrich Albert von Zenker (1825–1898).

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