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Fig. 8

From: Laparoscopic resection of a metachronous secondary lymph node metastasis in the mesentery of the ileum after surgery for sigmoid colon cancer with ileum invasion: a case report

Fig. 8

a Intraoperative findings revealed that lymph node metastasis occurred in the mesentery of the ileum. The arrow shows the lymph node metastasis in the ileal mesentery. b–d Lymphadenectomy was performed, and the arrowhead shows the defect of ileal mesentery after lymphadenectomy. The arrow shows the anastomosis where the first operation of the partial resection of invaded ileum was done, and it was near the lymph node metastasis location

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