[Abnormality of the muscular structure of the colon: a possible cause of diverticulosis (author's transl)].
Diverticula of the colon result from myostatic contracture. In each case an asymmetric contracture leads to the formation of a gap in the wall of the bowel, through which the muscularis mucosae with the contents of the bowel slip out. Diverticulitis is compared with appendicitis.
D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology*; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology
55. Strukturveränderungen der Colonwand als Ursache der Divertikulose und der Divertikulitis