Fig. 6From: Role of magnetic resonance imaging in organ-preserving strategies for the management of patients with rectal cancerEarly rectal cancer staging. a High-resolution axial T2WI shows a semiannular low lying lesion extending from 10 to 3 o’clock confined to the rectal wall with no signs of invasion of the muscularis propria (arrow). The lesion was staged as mrT1N0, and local excision was performed. b Surgical specimen. The resected specimen after local excision. Histopathological analysis diagnosed adenomaBack to article page