PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gauri Chillarge
AU  - Robert O'Neill
AU  - Peter Safranek
TI  - Mid-oesophageal traction diverticulum in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-238529
DP  - 2021 Apr 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e238529
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/4/e238529.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/4/e238529.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Apr 01; 14
AB  - In this report, a case of a large mid-oesophageal traction diverticulum in a 66-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus has been presented. She was initially managed conservatively with active surveillance for 6 years. When her symptoms progressed, she had repeat endoscopy and CT scan which showed an increase in size of the diverticulum to 6 cm in diameter. Her dysphagia had progressively deteriorated and she was only managing a liquid diet. She, therefore, proceeded to resection of the diverticulum by right thoracotomy and stapled diverticulectomy. She made an excellent postoperative recovery and at last review, 5 months after the operation, she was back at work, had put on weight, and was tolerating a normal diet.