PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mark Sayles AU - Laura Harrison AU - Julian A McGlashan AU - David G Grant TI - Zenker’s diverticulum complicating achalasia: a ‘cup-and-spill’ oesophagus AID - 10.1136/bcr-2013-200702 DP - 2013 Dec 12 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - bcr2013200702 VI - 2013 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-200702.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-200702.full AB - A 72-year-old woman presented with long-standing gastro-oesophageal reflux, regurgitation of swallowed food and worsening cervical dysphagia. Fluoroscopic barium oesophagography revealed a posterolateral pharyngeal pouch (Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD)) complicating a ‘cup and spill’ oesophageal deformity with a smoothly tapered segment at the gastro-oesophageal junction. CT and high-resolution manometry confirmed that the underlying abnormality was a massively dilated oesophagus with aperistalsis and pan-oesophageal pressurisation, consistent with a diagnosis of oesophageal achalasia (type II). She underwent endoscopic stapled diverticulotomy, with good symptomatic relief. We discuss the aetiology of ZD, its management and the association here with oesophageal achalasia.