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COLONIC DIVERTICULOSIS (Complications: (Perforation (pericolic abscess,…
COLONIC DIVERTICULOSIS
Multiple, Small, flask-like or spherical outpouchings
The most common type of acquired diverticulua (False). doesn‟t consist of the outpouching of the entire wall
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Two important
influences:
Exaggerated peristaltic contractions with abnormal elevation of intraluminal pressure due to low fiber diet
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Complications:
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Fecalith: a hard, stony mass of feces
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The walls are very thin, made up on mucosa
and submucosa enclosed within fat or
peritoneal covering. The mucosa and
submucosa protrude through the muscularis
propria
The weak areas in the wall are where the nerves, arterial vasa recta, and their connective tissue sheaths penetrate the inner circular muscularis propria thereby creating discontinuities in the muscle wall
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