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Enlarged cross-section of the bowel wall showing a non-inflamed and an inflamed pouch, alongside a small location marker in the sigmoid colon.
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Stomach, bowel and liver

Diverticulitis

A detail of the large bowel shows an inflamed pouch in the bowel wall.