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Table 1

From: Laparoscopic-assisted resection of a giant colonic diverticulum: a case report

Type

Name

Aetiology

Histology

I

Pseudo-diverticulum

Unidirectional ball-valve mechanism

Remnants muscularis mucosa/muscularis propria

  

Gas producing organism

 

II

Inflammatory

Local perforation of mucosa with abscess cavity

Reactive scar tissue, no bowel tissue

III

True diverticulum

Congenital

All three layers of bowel tissue, communicating with gut lumen

  1. Histological classification of giant colonic diverticulum; from Steevoorde et al
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Journal of Medical Case Reports

ISSN: 1752-1947