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Fig. 3

From: A rare case of sigmoid colon cancer in which the lower limbs received collateral blood flow from the inferior mesenteric artery owing to peripheral artery disease

Fig. 3

Images from angiographic evaluation by interventional radiology. a Abdominal aortography with inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) balloon occlusion showed developed collateral lumber arteries feeding the lower extremities. b The early phase of IMA selective angiography showed a prominent IMA flow. c In IMA selective angiography, retrograde blood flow of the internal iliac arteries was sustained by IMA blood flow through the collateral mid-rectal arteries

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