Fig. 3From: Intramural cancer recurrence in the rectum after curative surgery for proximal sigmoid colon cancer: a case reportSpecimen from the secondary surgery (LAR for intramural recurrence). A recurrent lesion (arrow) was located approximately 20 cm from the initial sigmoid colon anastomosis (arrowhead) (i.e., at least 20 cm distal to the initial sigmoid colon cancer) (a). The lesion resembled an SMT (b)Back to article page