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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D.

Overview

Colonoscopy is the diagnostic procedure of choice both for diagnosis of diverticulosis[1].

Colonoscopy findings

  • Diverticula may be visualized as outpouchings of the wall that have the appearance of a blind sac[2].

References

  1. Vernava AM, Moore BA, Longo WE, Johnson FE (1997). "Lower gastrointestinal bleeding". Dis. Colon Rectum. 40 (7): 846–58. PMID 9221865.
  2. Ghorai S, Ulbright TM, Rex DK (2003). "Endoscopic findings of diverticular inflammation in colonoscopy patients without clinical acute diverticulitis: prevalence and endoscopic spectrum". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 98 (4): 802–6. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07383.x. PMID 12738459.

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