Small intestine diverticular disease

Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 9 Dec 2021

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Murphy A, Small intestine diverticular disease. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 Mar 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-91868

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-91868

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/91868

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91868

Article created:

4 Aug 2021, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

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Last revised:

9 Dec 2021, Daniel J Bell ◉

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Systems:

Gastrointestinal

Synonyms:

Small intestinal diverticular disease
Small bowel diverticular disease

Small intestine diverticular disease is an uncommon form of diverticular disease and can be classified into disease affecting the:

Meckel diverticulum
- Meckel diverticulitis
non Meckel diverticular disease
- duodenum - duodenal diverticulosis
  - duodenal diverticulitis
- jejunum and ileum - jejunoileal diverticulosis
  - jejunoileal diverticulitis

Epidemiology

It is much less common than colonic diverticular disease. The estimated prevalence of small bowel diverticula in the population is in the range of 0.5-2.3%².