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case_images: Colonoscopy/rectoscopy images; (A) February 2017, (B) May 2019, (C) May 2021 and (D) November 2023.
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case_images: F1
case_images: Colonoscopy revealed a semicircular and exophytic tumor with a size of 50 mm in the rectum 8 cm from the anal verge (Figure 1).
case_images: Computed tomography (February 2017) showing wall thickening of the rectum, marked with a star.
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case_images: F2
case_images: Abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT; Figure 2) and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed concentric growing rectal carcinoma with locoregional lymph node metastasis in the mesorectum as well as circumferential wall thickening with perirectal fat infiltration (Figure 3A).
case_images: Dotarem-enhanced T2 magnetic resonance (MR) images of the patient during the W&W follow-up visit with no signs of local regrowth or lymph node metastasis; (A) June 2017, (B) June 2018, (C) May 2019, (D) June 2020, and (E) May 2021.
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case_images: F3
case_images: Abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT; Figure 2) and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed concentric growing rectal carcinoma with locoregional lymph node metastasis in the mesorectum as well as circumferential wall thickening with perirectal fat infiltration (Figure 3A).