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case_images: Barium enema shows an encircling tumour in the sigmoid colon (arrows), 1b: Port sites for laparoscopy assisted sigmoid colectomy
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case_images: Barium enema showed an encircling mass in the sigmoid colon (Figure 1). With the patient in the supine position, pneumoperitoneum of 8 mmHg was established, and trocars were placed in the right upper and lower abdomen (Figure 1).
case_images: Computed tomographic scan shows a metastatic liver tumour (arrow)
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case_images: Computed tomography (CT) revealed a low-density area in the left lateral segment of the liver (Figure 2). 5 months after the first operation, CT scan revealed that the slight enlargement of the liver tumour (25 mm to 37 mm in diameter), but new lesions were not observed (Figure 2). Four trocars were placed in the upper abdomen, as shown in Figure 2.