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(A) Sigmoid colon resected for diverticular disease. Multiple mucosal outpouchings are visible, some with impacted hard faeces (faecoliths; arrows). (B) A full-mount histological preparation showing a mucosal diverticulum extending through the muscle wall of the colon.