All of the following statements about Zenker's diveiculum are true, except
Zenkers diveiculum is an acquired, false, pulsion diveiculum that affects patients older than 50 years. It is an outpouching in the posterior pharyngeal wall immediately above upper esophageal sphincter. Ref: Schwaz's Principles of Surgery, 9th Edition, Chapter 25; Cardiothoracic Surgery In The Elderly By Mark R. Katlic, Page 564
Acquired diveiculum
False Diveiculum
Lateral X-rays on barium swallow are often diagnostic
Out pouching of the anterior pharyngeal wall, occur just above the cricopharyngeus muscle