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Volume 21, Number 1 • January 2008
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Giant colonic diverticulum

Karen L. McQuade, MD, and Michael L. Foreman, MS, MD

We report a case of a giant colonic diverticulum (GCD), an infrequent complication of diverticular disease. More frequent complications include phlegmonous diverticulitis (31%), abscess formation (31%), and free perforation (38%) (1).