Fig. 5From: Laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer wherein the inferior mesenteric artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery: a case reportGross and microscopic findings of the resected specimen. A Macroscopic findings of the resected specimen which was sliced transverse semi-opened for CRM measurements show serous membrane involvement (a). The pathological diagnosis was pT4aN1aM0 pStage IIIb (b). (CRM circumferential resection margin, LNM lymph node metastasis, HE hematoxylin and eosin). B Some ICG fluorescing lymph nodes which were detected up to the point where the IMA usually branches when a laparoscopic near-infrared camera system was used. There was no ICG fluorescing lymph nodes centrally (ICG indocyanine green, IMA inferior mesenteric artery)Back to article page