Other complications of diverticular disease include segmental colitis, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, infection, abscess, perforation, peritonitis, and fistula formation.
Diverticulitis indicates inflammation of a diverticulum or diverticula and may be caused by infection.
Diverticular disease may be defined as any clinical state caused by symptoms pertaining to colonic diverticula and includes a wide-ranging spectrum from asymptomatic to severe and complicated disease
Colonic diverticulosis refers to herniation of mucosa and submucosa through the muscular layer of the colonic wall and may be the result of colonic smooth muscle over-activity.
