Resumen

BALLESTEROS-BARRERA, Irving Federico; BARRERA-ZAVALA, Alfredo; DURAN-BRIONES, Gerardo  y  CARMONA-RODRIGUEZ, Alenka. Epiphrenic esophageal diverticula. Cir. gen [online]. 2021, vol.43, n.2, pp.132-136.  Epub 05-Dic-2022. ISSN 1405-0099.  https://doi.org/10.35366/106725.

The esophageal diverticulums have an incidence from 0.06 to 4%, the epiphrenic diverticulum represents the 15% of all esophageal diverticulums. The majority of patients stay asymptomatic, nevertheless, is very important to notice that it can became into a complication such as tracheal fistulas, hemorrhages, vocal chord paralysis, strange body retention and increase in cancer risk. There are some treatments but surgical management is the most used, with a success rate from 74 to 100%. The following is the case of a management of a patient who is diagnosed with an epiphrenic diverticulum.

Palabras llave : Esophagus diverticulum; epifhrenic diverticulum; miotomy.