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Killian's triangle
Also known as:
Killian's dehiscence
Laimer triangle
Laimer-Killian triangle
Laimer-Haeckermann area
Associated persons:
Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Haeckermann
Gustav Killian
Eduard Laimer
Description:
A triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the oblique fibres of the inferior constrictor muscle, and the transverse fibres of the cricopharyngeus muscle through which the Zenker's diverticulum occurs.
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