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A - Chest CT scans showing a large mediastinal tumour protruding and invading the left hemithorax, with pleural masses in the wall of the same hemithorax.. B - Chest CT scans showing the regression of the mediastinal tumour and pleural masses after three cycles of systemic chemotherapy.
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The patient simple lung function tests were normal (Fig. 1).
A - Thymoma and the left lung, resected together.. B - Open chest by sternotomy, after resection of the thymoma, left lung and annex pericardium. The pericardium was reconstructed with a synthetic patch.
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The pericardium was reconstructed with a synthetic patch (Parietex, Covidien) (Fig. 2).