Ex vivo specimen MRI and pathology confirm a rectosigmoid mesenteric waist at the junction of the mesorectum and mesocolon.

Nigel D'SouzaA C LordA ShawA PatelS BalyasnikovaV TudykaM AbulafiB MoranS RasheedP TekkisJ C CoffeyM TerlizzoNicholas P WestP QuirkeG Brown

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)

A rectosigmoid waist occurs at the junction of the mesorectum and mesocolon, and is a mesenteric landmark for the rectum that is present on both radiology and pathology.

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