Magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis and neoadjuvant treatment evaluation in locally advanced rectal cancer: A pictorial review

Figure 6 Magnetic resonance imaging anatomy of mesorectum and mesorectal fascia. On T2-weighted (A) axial and (B) coronal plane magnetic resonance images, mesorectal fascia (arrows) is seen as a thin, low-signal intensity layer enveloping the mesorectal fatty tissue (*) and rectum in a male patient with rectal carcinoma.