title: Multiple gastrointestinal tract diverticula.
abstract: Simultaneous occurrence of gastrointestinal diverticula at multiple sites in a single patient is unusual. We report a patient with a Zenker's, a mid-esophageal, a gastric, and multiple colonic diverticula. The presence of multifocal gastrointestinal diverticula suggests as one possible etiology congenital weaknesses in the bowel wall, since esophageal manometry and histology of a resected diverticulum did not reveal any abnormalities other than gastroesophageal reflux.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Pavelock
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013273:Diverticulum, Stomach / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography