title: Squamous cell carcinoma and Zenker diverticulum.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma in a Zenker diverticulum is a very rare condition. We report a case of a patient with a Zenker carcinoma, who was primarily functionally inoperable and therefore received neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy before cardiac bypass surgery. After a complicated course with cardiogenic shock and myocardial infarction, a re-evaluation of functional risk analysis and the tumor situation revealed operability. Subsequently, partial hypopharyngectomy and partial cervical esophageal resection with lymphadenectomy was performed. Reconstruction of the gastrointestinal continuity was made by interposition of a free small bowel graft and microvascular anastomosis. The postoperative course showed a small anastomotic leakage of the hypopharyngeal-small bowel anastomosis, which was successfully treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. bruecher@chir.med.tu-muenchen.de
authors.forename: B L D M
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Brücher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarbia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oestreicher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molls
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burian
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Biemer
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016629:Esophagectomy; D004946:Esophagostomy; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D016672:Zenker Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy