ABSTRACT
 Diverticulum is outpouching of hollow (or fluid-filled) structures, which can form in various organs the body. Increased intravesical pressure (3-5 times) causes bladder mucosa to infiltrate itself between muscle bundles results development extravasational sacs or saccules subsequently diverticulum formation. The sonographic diagnosis diverticula depends on demonstration communic...

TO THE EDITOR: I read with great interest the paper entitled “Relationship between intestinal gas and the development of right colonic diverticula” by Jang et al, which was published in the October 2010 issue of Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) are gases produced in the colon by the breakdown of carbohydrates, due to the action of anaerobic methanog...