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Fig. 4

From: Multidisciplinary management of locally recurrent rectal cancer with carbon ion radiotherapy followed by prophylactic removal of the irradiated bowel: a case report

Fig. 4

Imaging and colonoscopy findings after carbon ion radiotherapy. The diminutive nodule remained disappeared. A The recurrent neoplasm, which appeared on the anastomosis, decreased in size; nonetheless, there was no free space between the tumor and the sacrum (B). The abnormal buildup at the anastomosis was attenuated by the positron emission tomography (C). The anastomotic recurrent tumor was further flattened, with erythema and ulceration consistent with anastomosis site, as shown in a colonoscopy (D)

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