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Chest X ray demonstrating apical lung mass.
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Thirty one-year-old female with a past medical history of two miscarriages was seen in the office for an upper respiratory infection and prescribed antibiotics and ordered a two view chest x-ray which showed a 6 cm round mass in the right upper lobe suspicious for pancoast tumor [Fig. 1A, Fig. 1BA and B].
Lateral Chest x ray demonstrating apical lung mass.
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Subsequently had computed tomography (CT) chest showing small right apical mass with fibrous tumor of the pleura with involvement possibly of the nerve sheath measuring 6 cm x 4.8 cm x 5.7 cm [Fig. 2A, Fig. 2BA and B].
Axial image of CT Chest showing right lung mass.
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S100, BCL-2 and CD 99+ compatible with schwannoma [Fig. 3A-D]. She had positron emission tomography (PET) scan performed which showed intense fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the right apical region with standardized uptake values (SUV) max of 6.7 with no