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LB15.3 category

Congenital diverticulitis of small intestine

Definition

This refers to a clinical entity characterised by the presence of sac-like congenital herniations in the wall of the small intestine, in which the pouches of small intestine (diverticula) become infected or inflamed.

Also indexed as

Congenital diverticulitis of small intestineCongenital diverticulitis of small intestine, with complicationCongenital diverticulitis of small intestine, without complication

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of small intestine