Endoscopic treatment of pharyngo-esophageal diverticulum in child.

Pharyngo-esophageal diverticula are extremely rare among children. Treatment in adults usually consists of endoscopic resection of the crico-pharyngeal muscle but application of this surgical procedure in children has not been reported before. We report the case of a 5-year-old boy whose recurrent pulmonary infection and chronic low weight led to diagnosis of a pharyngeal diverticulum. The diverticulum was removed by endoscopic CO(2) laser surgery. No relapse occurred during the 4-year follow-up period after surgery. Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.