Abstract
A case report and review of the literature support a new theory that giant colonic diverticula are three distinct pathologic entities. The three types can be separated by histologic type.
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McNutt, R., Schmitt, D. & Schulte, W. Giant colonic diverticula—Three distinct entities. Dis Colon Rectum 31, 624–628 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556799
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