False Diverticula of the Intestine

The pathogenesis of large bowel diverticula.

DIVERTICULA of the alimentary tract may be congenital or acquired. The congenital variety is composed of all coats of the intestinal wall and is said to be a "true" diverticulum. The acquired variety may be either "true" or "false" depending on whether or not protrusion of the muscle coats of the intestinal wall occurs with the mucous membrane. Although the majority of acquired diverticula are ...

Esophageal Diverticula

Herein, we present the case of a 45-year-old woman with pulsion and midesophageal diverticula, who had complaints of dysphagia and regurgitation. Diagnosis was confirmed by endoscopy and barium swallow. The patient underwent right posterolateral thoracotomy with excision of diverticula and repair of the muscular layer along the site of diverticula. Five days following the operation, barium swal...

Diverticular disease of the large intestine in Northern Norway.

In 280 unselected necropsies on patients over 20 years of age in Northern Norway, diverticular disease was present in 25% of the males and 43% of the females. The frequency of diverticular disease increased in both sexes by age. Both the frequency of diverticular disease and the average number of diverticula per case with diverticular disease were higher in females than in males in all age grou...

Diverticula and Diverticulitis of the Intestine

Complicated jejunal diverticula as surgical emergency: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan.

BACKGROUND Diverticula of small intestine are rare. Jejunal diverticula can be single or multiple. Diverticula in the jejunum tend to be large and multiple. Clinically they may be asymptomatic or may give rise to symptoms like pain, flatulence and borborygmi, may produce malabsorption syndrome or may present in emergency with different acute pathologies like perforation, haemorrhage, obstructio...