Question 249 · LEK · Colonic diverticula
The complications of diverticular disease include:
- A. sigmoid cancer.
- B. sigmoidovesical fistula.
- C. ulcerative colitis.
- D. left-sided renal colic.
- E. left ovarian cyst.
Hint
Consider what an inflamed sigmoid diverticulum can erode into when it lies against a neighbouring hollow organ.
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