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CT image of the chest revealing a mass arising from the right chest wall (arrow).
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F1
Chest CT showed a pleural tumor invading the sixth rib and multiple pleural plaques (fig. 1).
Intraoperative findings showing multiple plaques and the extrapleural tumor.
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F2
Thus, thoracoscopic excisional biopsy was performed (fig. 2).
a The resected specimen, 25 x 10 x 5 cm in size. b Microscopic examination result showing a lobulated growth pattern of cartilaginous cells of histological grade 1.
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F3
The resected specimen was 25 x 10 x 5 cm in size (fig. 3a). Microscopic examination revealed a lobulated growth pattern of cartilaginous cells of histological grade 1 (fig. 3b).