“…It is an acquired herniation of the mucosa and submucosa through a weakened area of the muscularis layer of the small bowel wall [2-4, 6-8, 10]. The probability of finding diverticula decreases towards the ileocecal valve and these are much less common than colonic diverticula because of larger size, better intra-luminal flow and relatively sterile jejunal content [2,6,9,13]. The higher prevalence in the jejunum is also due to larger vasa recta and anastomotic arcades arising from the superior mesenteric artery [3,4,6].…”