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Gross pathologic specimen from TME surgery; anterior and lateral. The blue line demarcates the peritoneal attachment which runs obliquely cephalad on the lateral Rectum. The lower, redder rectum is surrounded by the thin shiny intact mesorectal fascia. Superiorly, the fat of the sigmoid mesocolon is noted. Courtesy of Dr Jinru Shia Attending Pathologist Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
