Small Bowel Diverticular Disease

Overview/orientation page. See Duodenal Diverticula, Jejunal and Ileal Diverticula, and Meckel Diverticulum for detail on each entity. Content below is from a textbook reference chapter (Sabiston Ch50 - Diverticular Disease & Miscellaneous Problems), not primary literature.

Diverticular disease of the small intestine is relatively common. It may be manifested as true or false diverticula:

• True diverticulum: contains all layers of the intestinal wall, usually congenital.
• False diverticulum: mucosa and submucosa protruding through a defect in the muscle coat, usually acquired.

Small bowel diverticula may occur in any portion of the small intestine. Duodenal diverticula are the most common acquired diverticula of the small bowel, and Meckel diverticulum is the most common true congenital diverticulum of the small bowel.

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