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. 2005 Apr;98(4):169–170. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.98.4.169

Box 1.

Histological types of giant colonic diverticulum

Type I Pseudodiverticulum Composed of granulation tissue and remnants of muscularis mucosa
Type II Inflammatory diverticulum Arises from local perforation and communicates with an abscess cavity
Type III True diverticulum Contains all the layers of bowel wall