Esophageal Diverticulum of the Abdominal Portion -A Case Report-

Naomi Kawata, Masaroh Hayashi, Kenji Inoue, Kengo Tsunekawa

First Department of Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine

A case of diverticulum that developed from the abdominal portion of the esophagus is reported. A 67-year-old male complained of epigastralgia and body weight loss. Upper gastro-intestinal roentgenography and endoscopy revealed a diverticulum of the esophagus just above the esophago-gastricjunction, 2 cm in size. It was small but his symptoms were significant, so resection with laparotomy was performed. Partial fundoplication was added to avoid gstro-esophageal reflux. Histologically the resected specimen was true diverticulum. In the esophagus, parapharyngeal, epibronchial, and epiphrenic diverticulum are common, but only one case like ours have been reported.

Key words
esophageal diverticulum, partial fundoplication

Reprint requests
Naomi Kawata Department of Surgery, Tsushima Municital Hospital
15 Takata, Tsushima-cho, Kitauwagun, Ehime, 798-33 JAPAN

Accepted
September 12, 1990

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