An out-pouching of the pharyngeal mucosa and submucosa through the cricopharyngeus muscle
Classified as false diverticulum in that it does not contain all layers of the intestinal wall, but only the mucosa and submucosa
Zenker's diverticulum
Oropharyngeal dysphagia
Mallory-Weiss tear
CVA
CMV esophagitis
Parkinson's disease
Meckel's diverticulum
Brain stem tumors