Colorectal cancer: Current imaging methods and future perspectives for the diagnosis, staging and therapeutic response evaluation

Figure 2 Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging for local staging of rectal adenocarcinoma in a 58-year-old female. A, B: Post-contrast fat-suppressed axial images show 7 cm long contrast enhancing neoplastic mass with lymph node metastases within the mesorectal fascia (arrow); C: Peripheral desmoplastic reaction (arrowheads) on T1 sagittal images.