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Fig. 8 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 8

From: MRI-detected extramural venous invasion of rectal cancer: Multimodality performance and implications at baseline imaging and after neoadjuvant therapy

Fig. 8

Local recurrence after surgery from residual disease associated with positive circumferential margin due to extramural venous invasion. A 58-year-old man with rectal cancer. T2-weighted (a) and postcontrast (b) coronal image before treatment demonstrate nodular-shaped structure (black arrows) on the right extending to the mesorectal fat tissue, and worm-shaped (white arrows) structure on the left with tumor signal intensity arising from the primary lesion, indicating extramural venous invasion (EMVI) extending the mesorectal fascia (arrow heads). Axial T2-weighted image shows a primary tumor (c asterisk) and an irregular tumoral deposit in and abutting the mesorectal facia near the left pelvic sidewall (c arrow). Axial and coronal 18F-FDG-PET/MRI images 23 months after surgery following neoadjuvant therapy show FDG avidity corresponding to a developed nodular recurrence at the same location (d–f arrows)

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