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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;98(4):169-70.
doi: 10.1177/014107680509800411.

Giant colonic diverticulum

Nishath Altaf  1 , Sue Geary, Irfan Ahmed
Affiliations
Case Reports

Giant colonic diverticulum

Nishath Altaf et al. J R Soc Med. 2005 Apr.
No abstract available

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<i>Figure 1</i>
Figure 1
Contrast enhanced axial CT image confirming a thin-walled air-filled structure with no communication to the sigmoid colon (white arrows)
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