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In anatomy Zenker’s diverticulum also pharyngoesophageal diverticulum also pharyngeal pouch also hypopharyngeal diverticulum is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the esophagus). It is a false diverticulum (not involving all layers of the esophageal wall).It was named in 1877 by German pathologist Friedrich Albert von Zenker.
