Hypopharyngeal and oesophageal outpouchings and dysmotility.
Some aspects of the extensive pathology of the hypopharynx and oesophagus are discussed: abnormal outpouchings of the lateral pharyngeal wall; correlation between dysfunction of the pharyngooesophageal junctions and Zenker's diverticulum; correlation between oesophageal dysmotility and the presence of a pulsion diverticulum and intramural diverticulosis. A discussion of the principal causes of oesophageal dysmotility is followed by a detailed account of two manifestations of dysmotility: diffuse oesophageal spasm and diffuse oesophageal hypertrophy.
D000368:Aged; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography