diverticulum
Sign in to saveIn medicine or biology, a diverticulum is an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, diverticula are described as being either true or false.
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Diverticulum
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- Schematic drawing of a false diverticulum. A - mucosa; B - submucosa; C - muscularis; D - serosa and subserosa
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- Gastroenterology
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- Diverticula
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Research
25,299 papers- [Urethral diverticulum in women].Ugeskrift for laeger · 2025
- Large Gastric Diverticulum.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
- Optimal surgical approaches for esophageal epiphrenic diverticulum: literature review and our experience.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2023
- Ureteral diverticulum: a review of the current literature.The Canadian journal of urology · 2013
- A right ventricular diverticulum with a very special cardiac anomaly.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2023
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Clinical Trials
139 registered- PHASE4COMPLETEDLaparoscopic Versus Open Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticular DiseaseUniversity Hospital, Geneva · NCT00453830
- NANOT_YET_RECRUITINGPercutaneous Drainage Versus Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Diverticulitis With Abscess.Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze · NCT07352605
- NAACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLASER Trial. LAparoscopic Elective Sigmoid Resection Following divERticulitis - a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Clinical TrialHelsinki University Central Hospital · NCT02174926
- COMPLETEDManagement and Evolution of Acute Diverticulitis With Pericolic Free GasHospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla · NCT04311385
- NAUNKNOWNLactoferrin for the Treatment of Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular DiseaseFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia · NCT03490279
- NARECRUITINGLaparoendoscopic Rendezvous for Concomitant Gall Bladder Stones and Common Bile Duct StonesMinia University · NCT07008170
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Embryology
- Human pathology
- Gastrointestinal tract diverticula
- Genito-urinary tract diverticula
- Other diverticula
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In medicine or biology, a diverticulum is an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, diverticula are described as being either true or false.
In medicine, the term usually implies the structure is not normally present, but in embryology, the term is used for some normal structures arising from others, as for instance the thyroid diverticulum, which arises from the tongue.
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inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
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tongue
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Zenker's diverticulum
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biology
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lung
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International Standard Book Number
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kidney
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vagina
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International Standard Serial Number
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gallbladder
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thyroid gland
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embryology
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thymus
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gastroenterology
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duodenum
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OCLC, Inc.
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Q180686
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mucous membrane
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