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Preoperative chest computed tomography scan.. Small (2.5 cm x 1.6 cm) soft tissue density mass with speculated margins in the upper quadrant of the left breast with possible focal infiltration of the underlying chest wall muscle is observed (shown by yellow arrows).
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The preoperative chest x-ray showed bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. The preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed a small (2.5 cm x 1.6 cm) soft tissue density mass with speculated margins in the upper quadrant of the left breast with possible focal infiltration of the underlying chest wall muscle ( Figure 1).
Positron emission tomography scan.. Multiple enlarged hypermetabolic lymph nodes in the mediastinum, right paratracheal, carinal, bilateral hilar region, and aortopulmonary window are observed (shown by yellow arrows).
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The largest lymph node in the subcranial region was 1.5 cm x 4.0 cm with a maximum standardized uptake value (SUV max) of 8.3 ( Figure 2).