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Fig. 3 | World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Fig. 3

From: Surgical resection of hepatic and rectal metastases of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (PACC): a case report

Fig. 3

Episode 3: rectal metastasis. Twenty-eight months after the pancreatectomy. a Colonoscopy showed type-2 tumor in the lower rectum, which was located 1 cm above the dentate line. Histopathological examination following biopsy revealed it to be metastasis of PACC. Arrow, rectal tumor; arrow head, dentate line. b Computed tomography (CT) scan showed that the rectal tumor was 2.6 cm in diameter and slightly enhanced with the contrast agent (arrow). c Positron-emission tomography (PET) showed abnormal uptake of nuclear agent at the rectal tumor (arrow)

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