Diverticula are most common in the sigmoid colon in North America and Europe, because this is where the contents of the intestine put the most pressure on the muscular wall (in these populations).

We present three lung transplant recipients who had sigmoid colonic diverticular perforation within 4 weeks of transplantation, giving an overall incidence of 8.6% (3 of 35) in our population.

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Sigmoid diverticulitis: 1Diagnostic role of CT-Comparison with barium enema studies. Radiology 1990; 176: 111–5. MEDLINE e10. Neff CC, van Sonnenberg E, Casola G et al.: Diverticular abscesses ...

Diverticulitis is a condition that occurs when tiny pockets (called diverticula) that have formed in the colon (part of your large intestine) become inflamed. Diverticulitis starts as ...