Annals of surgery . 3tt ^\ ?^^^0 r c%. %?* j FALSE DIVERTICULA OF APPENDIX. 85 significance of these structures becomes apparent withoutfurther comment. It must be borne in mind, of course, that a somewhatdiffering significance attaches itself to diverticula according towhether they have formed idiopathically, through the weakcleft caused by the vessels entering the muscularis, or whetherthey have resulted from past acute inflammation. Concerningdiverticula which protrude between the leaves of the mesen-tery, we can only say that they are a constant menace, but thattheir presence is unsuspecte
Annals of surgery . 3tt ^\ ?^^^0 r c%. %?* j FALSE DIVERTICULA OF APPENDIX. 85 significance of these structures becomes apparent withoutfurther comment. It must be borne in mind, of course, that a somewhatdiffering significance attaches itself to diverticula according towhether they have formed idiopathically, through the weakcleft caused by the vessels entering the muscularis, or whetherthey have resulted from past acute inflammation. Concerningdiverticula which protrude between the leaves of the mesen-tery, we can only say that they are a constant menace, but thattheir presence is unsuspected until, owing to the thinness oftheir wall, infection travels through them or perforation diverticula that result from inflammation, however, areof more significance to us, in that a knowledge of the possi-bility of their existence enables us to set a very definite indica-tion for operation in those cases of appendicitis after an acuteattack. At all events they teach us that there are excellentpathological reasons for an
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