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Aristotelis Kechagias1, Ari Palomäki2, Christos Dervenis3
1Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Ahvenistontie 20, 13530, Hämeenlinna, Finland. aristotelis.kechagias@yahoo.gr.
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• The term "pericolic" is wrongly used to describe an abscess adjacent to the colon in patients with acute diverticulitis. We explain why the proper term is the word "paracolic."
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