CASE 136

History: An 83-year-old woman presents with suprasternal dysphagia.

1. What should be included in the differential diagnosis of the imaging finding shown in the figures? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Laryngocele

B. Traction diverticulum

C. Zenker’s diverticulum

D. Killian-Jamieson diverticulum

E. Lateral hypopharyngeal pouch

2. What is the anatomy of the site of weakness where a Killian-Jamieson diverticulum occurs?

A. Killian’s dehiscence

B. Between the oblique and transverse fibers of the cricopharyngeus muscle

C. Between the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle and the thyrohyoid muscle

D. Lateral to the insertion of the longitudinal muscles of the esophagus to the upper esophageal sphincter

3. What specific complication is a patient at risk of with treatment of this lesion?

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