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Unusual complication of pharyngeal pouch inversion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. R. Kapur  and
S. Jayaramachandran
T. R. Kapur*
Affiliation:
(Stoke on Trent)
S. Jayaramachandran
Affiliation:
(Stoke on Trent)
*
T. R. Kapur, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7LN.
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Abstract

A case of valvular obstruction of the oesphagus following inversion of a pharyngeal pouch is described. This complication has not been described before.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 344 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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