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Chest X-ray showing a left-side pleural effusion.
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Four months after the VATS biopsy, the pleural effusion increased (Figure 1) and the CT scan detected a nodule with 4 cm in size (Figure 2(a)), which were compatible with mesothelioma or dissemination of lung cancer into the thoracic cavity.
(a) The chest CT shows pleural thickening and a 4 cm mass (arrowhead) in the pleural fluid and (b) The PET scan is negative for FDG accumulation in the mass.
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Four months after the VATS biopsy, the pleural effusion increased (Figure 1) and the CT scan detected a nodule with 4 cm in size (Figure 2(a)), which were compatible with mesothelioma or dissemination of lung cancer into the thoracic cavity. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan did not show fludeoxyglucose (FDG) accumulation in the nodule, but detected a round-shaped atelectasis (Figure 2(b)).