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==Diverticular disease==
==Diverticular disease==
*[[AKA]] ''diverticulosis''.
===General===
===General===
*Very common.
*Very common.
Complications:
*Diverticulitis.
*Diverticular-associated colitis<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mulhall | first1 = AM. | last2 = Mahid | first2 = SS. | last3 = Petras | first3 = RE. | last4 = Galandiuk | first4 = S. | title = Diverticular disease associated with inflammatory bowel disease-like colitis: a systematic review. | journal = Dis Colon Rectum | volume = 52 | issue = 6 | pages = 1072-9 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819ef79a | PMID = 19581849 }}</ref>
- rare.
**Rectal biopsy to differentiate from [[ulcerative colitis]].


===Gross===
===Gross===
48,830

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