Zenker's diverticulum is located at the dorsal area of the pharyngoesophageal junction, between the muscles inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx and the cricopharyngeal. Symptoms include dysphagia, regurgitation, halitosis, postprandial vomitus and cough, dysphonia, odynophagia, sialorrhea, heartburn, cervical pain, and loss of weight. Complications are bronchial aspiration, pneumonia, perforation, esophageal obstruction. The management options are conservative or surgical, either invasive or endoscopic. Interventions are restricted for symptomatic cases or complications. Herein is reported the case of an elder woman with symptomatic Zenker's diverticulum and bone metastases of breast cancer in T1 and T2 vertebral bodies. She successfully underwent the diverticulotomy by an endoscopic approach under conscious sedation. RESUMEN.El divertículo de Zenker se encuentra en la zona dorsal de la unión faringoesofágica, entre el músculo constrictor inferior de la faringe y el cricofaríngeo. Los síntomas incluyen disfagia, regurgitación, halitosis, vómitos y tos postprandial, disfonía, odinofagia, sialorrea, ardor de estómago, dolor cervical y pérdida de peso. Las complicaciones son aspiración bronquial, neumonía, perforación y obstrucción esofágica. Las opciones de tratamiento son conservadoras o quirúrgicas, invasivas o endoscópicas. Las intervenciones son limitadas para casos sintomáticos o complicaciones. Aquí se describe el caso de una mujer mayor con divertículo de Zenker sintomático y con metástasis óseas de cáncer de mama en los cuerpos vertebrales T1 y T2. Fue sometida con éxito a la diverticulotomía por un abordaje endoscópico y sedación consciente.Palabras clave: Endoscopia, enfermedad esofágica, divertículo de Zenker. NCTVol. 78 -Núm. 4 / Octubre-Diciembre 2019 dx.
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