Cricopharyngeus Muscle Dysfunction and Hypopharyngeal Diverticula (e.g., Zenker): A Multicenter Study
Recommended Citation
Howell RJ, Ekbom D, Kasperbauer J, Tabangin M, Altaye M, Wahab S, Belafsky P, Allen J, Amin M, Bayan S, Cervenka B, deSilva B, Dion G, Friedman A, Fritz M, Giliberto JP, Guardiani E, Harmon J, Khosla S, Kim B, Kuhn M, Kwak P, Ma Y, Madden L, Matrka L, Mayerhoff R, Piraka C, Rosen C, Wilson K, Wright C, Young V, Yuen S, and Postma G. Cricopharyngeus Muscle Dysfunction and Hypopharyngeal Diverticula (e.g., Zenker): A Multicenter Study. Laryngoscope 2022.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2023
Publication Title
The Laryngoscope
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe demographics and imaging and compare findings and symptoms at presentation in a large cohort of persons with cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction (CPMD) with and without hypopharyngeal diverticula.
METHODOLOGY: Prospective, multicenter cohort study of all individuals enrolled in the Prospective OUtcomes of Cricopharyngeal Hypertonicity (POUCH) Collaborative. Patient survey, comorbidities, radiography, laryngoscopy findings, and patient-reported outcome measures (e.g., Eating Assessment Tool [EAT-10]) data were abstracted from a REDCap database and summarized using means, medians, percentages, and frequencies. Diagnostic categories were compared using analysis of variance.
RESULTS: A total of 250 persons were included. The mean age (standard deviation [SD]) of the cohort was 69.0 (11.2). Forty-two percent identified as female. Zenker diverticula (ZD) was diagnosed in 85.2%, 9.2% with CPMD without diverticula, 4.4% with a Killian Jamieson diverticula (KJD), and 1.2% traction-type diverticula. There were no differences between diagnostic categories in regard to age, gender, and duration of symptoms (p = 0.25, 0.19, 0.45). The mean (SD) EAT-10 score for each group was 17.1 (10.1) for ZD, 20.2 (9.3) for CPMD, and 10.3 (9.4) for KJD. Patients with isolated CPMD had significantly greater EAT-10 scores compared to the other diagnostic groups (p = 0.03).
CONCLUSION: ZD is the most common, followed by CPMD without diverticula, KJD, and traction-type. Patients with isolated obstructing CPMD may be more symptomatic than persons with ZD or KJD.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4 Laryngoscope, 133:1349-1355, 2023.
Medical Subject Headings
Humans; Female; Zenker Diverticulum; Esophageal Sphincter, Upper; Cohort Studies; Prospective Studies; Esophageal Diseases; Pharyngeal Diseases; Muscular Diseases
PubMed ID
36102298
Volume
133
Issue
6
First Page
1349
Last Page
1355
