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. 1965 Jan;18(1):40–42. doi: 10.1136/jcp.18.1.40

Intramural ganglia in diverticular disease of the colon

W A A G Macbeth 1, J H R Hawthorne 1
PMCID: PMC472830  PMID: 14247702

Abstract

Intramural plexuses were studied in 30 colons, and a plethora of ganglionic tissue was observed in specimens with diverticula when compared with a control series. This alteration in the ganglionic pattern is considered real rather than apparent; the changes are confined to the region of the colon where muscular hypertrophy is present.

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