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A 28-year-old previously healthy woman arrives in the emergency room complaining of 24 h of anorexia and nausea and lower abdominal pain that is more intense in the right lower quadrant than elsewhere. On examination she has peritoneal signs of the right lower quadrant and a rectal temperature of 38.38degC (101.8degF). At exploration through incision of the right lower quadrant, she is found to have a small, contained perforation of a cecal diverticulum. Which of the following statements regarding this situation is true?

ACecal diverticula are acquired disorders
BCecal diverticula are usually multiple
CCecal diverticula are mucosal herniations through the muscularis propria
DDiverticulectomy, closure of the cecal defect, and appendectomy may be indicated
Surgery
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