PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Abu-Daff, Nasr S.
AU  - Abu-Daff, Saleh N.
AU  - Rubayaan, Abdulrahman
AU  - Abu-Shaaban, Azam
TI  - Laparoscopy in the treatment of a giant true epiphrenic diverticulum with migration of the gastrointestinal anastomosis staples
DP  - 2009 Feb 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 295--298
VI  - 30
IP  - 2
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/30/2/295.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/30/2/295.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2009 Feb 01; 30
AB  - Our case is a 62-year-old diabetic man with a long-standing history of regurgitation, halitosis, recurrent chest infection, and most recently upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. He was diagnosed 10 years earlier with an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum, and also has a family history of this condition. Barium study revealed a 10x10 cm epiphrenic diverticula with a 4 cm neck, the lower margin of the opening lying 6 cm from the gastro-esophageal junction. Endoscopy confirmed the x-ray findings, and motility studies were within normal limits. The patient underwent laparoscopic excision of the diverticulum via the trans-abdominal approach. Histopathological examination revealed this diverticulum to be of the true type.