Fig. 19From: Imaging the postoperative patient: long-term complications of gastrointestinal surgeryContrast-enhanced pelvic CT of a 79-year old woman with obstructive symptoms who had undergone sigmoidectomy for adenocarcinoma 1 year earlier. There is asymmetric thickening of the bowel wall and a hypodense mass adjacent to the colorectal anastomosis (arrows), causing proximal bowel distension (arrowheads), confirmed as tumor recurrence at surgeryBack to article page