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Diverticula are small, bulging and often asymptomatic pouches that form along the walls of hollow organs when naturally weak places in the tissue give way under pressure.
Diverticula are small, bulging and often asymptomatic pouches that form along the walls of hollow organs when naturally weak places in the tissue give way under pressure. They occur in the intestine, the oesophagus and the bladder. Diverticula can form in the cardiac wall after a heart attack. Pouches in the walls of blood vessels are called "aneurysms". More detailed information can be found in the individual chapters.
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