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A diverticulum is defined as an outpocketing of all layers of the bowel wall. In the case of the large bowel, however, the diverticula are the so-called pseudodiverticula since here there is a herniation of the mucosa rather than an outpocketing of the entire bowel wall. As a cause for this herniation, both inherited tissue defects as well as muscular hyperactivity in the bowel wall may play a role. The diet may also be a possible contributory factor since low residue-containing foods increase the segmentation of the sigmoid.
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Otto, P., Ewe, K. (1979). Diverticulosis — Diverticulitis. In: Atlas of Rectoscopy and Coloscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67250-7_17
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