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The vermiform appendix is the smallest segment of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the least relevant to its function, yet diseases of the appendix are among the most common surgical emergencies in the Western world. Anatomy The appendix arises anywhere…

Diverticular Disease of the Colon

Colonic diverticula are acquired herniations of the mucosa and of portions of the submucosa through the muscularis propria. Diverticular disease of the colon represents a continuum from an initial, prediverticular phase of marked muscular thickening of the colon wall (myochosis)…

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Diseases of the Appendix

Diverticular Disease of the Colon