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. 2010:2010:bcr07.2009.2090.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.07.2009.2090. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

Appendiceal diverticulosis

Rameysh Danovani Mahmood  1
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Appendiceal diverticulosis

Rameysh Danovani Mahmood. BMJ Case Rep. 2010.
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Figure 1
Images taken from a barium enema study, demonstrating multiple colonic diverticula including that of the vermiform appendix. The patient was an asymptomatic 62-year-old Chinese man who presented with a positive faecal occult blood test.
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