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• Perforation is a rare complication of intestinal carcinoid tumor. Only 11 cases have been reported in the literature and most of them were located at the ileum, appendix, and Meckel's diverticulum.
• Between these circular fibers (the cricopharyngeal muscle) and the oblique fibers of the inferior constrictor muscle there is a weakly supported point through which the esophageal wall may herniate to form the so-called pulsion diverticulum. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
• The diverticulum may possess aberrant islands of gastric mucosa, pancreatic and duodenal glands.
• _ -- These may originate in a diverticulum of a vein that has become isolated, or in a cavernous angioma; or they may be due to hæmorrhage taking place into a branchial or thyreo-glossal cyst. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
• Retrograde urethrography revealed a penile urethral diverticulum with a large stone. Diverticulectomy with stone removal and penile urethral stricture repair were performed simultaneously.
• Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac
• Giant colonic diverticulum, defined as a colonic diverticulum measuring 4cm in size or larger, represents an unusual manifestation of this common clinical entity. BioMed Central - Latest articles
• The peritoneal cavity gives off a large diverticulum, the omental bursa, which is situated behind the stomach and adjoining structures; the neck of communication between the cavity and the bursa is termed the epiploic foramen (foramen of Winslow). XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen
• Objective To evaluate the experience of diagnosis, orientation and surgical treatment of esophageal diverticulum.
• This was a patient with complete Cantrell's syndrome, i.e. multiple ventricular septal defect, left ventricular diverticulum, dextrorotation of the heart, an anterior diaphragmatic defect, and a midline supraumbilical abdominal wall defect with tetralogy of Fallot.