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Christmas Offerings — Snapshot

The colonoscope strikes back: a diverticular Darth Vader

Anthony F T Brown and Andrew Bryant
MJA 2007; 187 (11/12): 629

A 61-year-old woman with known colonic diverticula underwent colonoscopy for abdominal pain. The cause remained obscure until this sinister face appeared in the viewing scope, which the authors instantly recognised as the potential source of evil (Figure).

Anthony F T Brown, Senior Staff Specialist1 Andrew Bryant, Visiting Specialist Gastroenterologist2

1 Emergency Department, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.

2 Holy Spirit Northside Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.

af.brownATuq.edu.au

(Received 1 Oct 2007, accepted 4 Oct 2007)


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