Fig. 3
From: Emergency transanal total mesorectal excision for perforated rectal cancer: a two-case series
Resected specimen. a Case 1: pathological findings were 90 × 56 mm, well-differentiated adenocarcinoma (tub1), pT3, pN2 [5/16] and distal margin of 28 mm. b Case 2: pathological findings were 65 × 58 mm, well-differentiated adenocarcinoma (tub1), pT3, pN0 [0/13] and distal margin of 20 mm. A perforation was observed in the rectal sigmoid colon away from the tumor