Open AccessGastric Diverticulum: A Comprehensive Review
Author(s) -
Jamil Shah,
Kalpesh Patel,
Tagore Sunkara,
Charilaos Papafragkakis,
Abul Shahidullah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000495463
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , diverticulum (mollusc) , gastric fundus , stomach , fundus (uterus) , radiology , general surgery , surgery , gastroenterology
Gastric diverticula (GD) are outpouchings of the stomach wall that typically form in the fundus. They are the least common gastrointestinal diverticula, and are very rare anatomic abnormalities overall.
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