true diverticulum

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true diverticulum

A diverticulum that includes all the layers of the wall from which it protrudes.

true diverticulum

Etymology: ME, treue, faith; L, diverticulare, to turn aside

diverticulum that includes all the same tissue layers as the organ from which it originates.

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No references found			DISCUSSION A true diverticulum, containing all 3 layers of intestinal wall, is present congenitally in 2% to 3% of individuals. Jejunal diverticulitis by Woods, Alyn Q.; Ly, Justin Q.; Binstock, Aaron; Beall, Douglas P. / Applied Radiology However, as complications associated with Meckel diverticula tend to decrease with increasing age, a true diverticulum is rarely discovered in the adult. Meckel diverticulum: ten-year experience in adults by Flaherty, Sarah K. / Southern Medical Journal 4) This anomaly represents a true diverticulum and may contain heterotopic gastric tissue. Gastrointestinal bleeding in adult patients with Meckel's ... by Shetzline, Michael A. / Southern Medical Journal			Trotter Trotter syndrome trotting gait troubleshoot trough Trough Fracture troughing Trousseau sign Trousseau's sign Trousseau's syndrome trout trovafloxacin trovafloxacin mesylate Trp Tru-cut biopsy Tru-Cut biopsy needle Trucking true true ankylosis true aromatherapy product true birth rate true cholinesterase true chondroma true conjugate true denticle true diverticulum true dwarf True Emergency true glottis true hermaphrodite true hermaphroditism True Knot true labor True Memory true negative true neuroma true oxygen true pelvis true pomades true positive true rib true shunt true suture TRUE test true twins true value true vocal cord true vocal cords Truelove-Witts criteria truncal truncal ataxia			true coral true coral true corals true corals True Cost of Ownership True Cost to Own True Courage Action Network true course True Course Over Ground True Crabs True Crabs true crater True Date-Time Group true decidua true decidua true decidua True deer True deer True deer true denticle True Departures true digestibility true digestibility true digestibility true digestibility True Digital Audio Amplifier true dimensions true dip true direction True discount true diverticulum True Divided Light True Divine Word True Dry Tap true dwarf true dwarf true dwarf true dwarf true dwarf True eel True eel True eel true electrolyte True Emergency true enough True European Grindcore Federation True Evil True Fantasy Live Online True Father True Fault-Free Set True Field of View True Finder Integration true fir True flies True flies True flies True flies True fly True fly True fly True fly

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