. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . >^ ^ r^ ^ Fig. I. Diverticula of Sigmoid. The pouchesare, for the most part, into the appendicesepiploicae. (Taken from Maxwell Tellingand Gruner, British Journal of Surgery,Vol. iv, No. 15. dying from pneumonia. It is generally agreedthat colon diverticula are multiple and that10 to 20 are the average number found. They vary in size from a small fraction totwo or more inches in diameter. The tend-ency is graduallv to increase in size, theearliest stages being microscopic. The aver-age size found at autopsy or op
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . >^ ^ r^ ^ Fig. I. Diverticula of Sigmoid. The pouchesare, for the most part, into the appendicesepiploicae. (Taken from Maxwell Tellingand Gruner, British Journal of Surgery,Vol. iv, No. 15. dying from pneumonia. It is generally agreedthat colon diverticula are multiple and that10 to 20 are the average number found. They vary in size from a small fraction totwo or more inches in diameter. The tend-ency is graduallv to increase in size, theearliest stages being microscopic. The aver-age size found at autopsy or operation isabout that of a pea. They are of variable shape, being usuallyround or ovoid. Some are distinctly peduncu-lated, with a minute opening into the lumenof the intestine. Fig. 2. Portion of Descending Colon. Speci-men laid open to show the internal orifices-of the diverticula. (Taken from MaxwellTelling and Gruner, British Journal ofSurgery, \o\. iv, No. 15. Waiters have reported foreign bodies in thediverticula. The diverticula project from the exteriorof the gut, us
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