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(a) Initial chest radiography showed right basithoracic mass with clear limits and obtuse connection angles. (b) Initial computed tomogram with contrast revealed one mild homogeneous, well-defined mass that compressed the mediastinum to left side.
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The chest radiograph revealed a homogeneous, dense, right basithoracic mass with clear limits and obtuse connection angles (Figure 1(a)). The chest CT scan both revealed one huge tumor that occupied the right basithoracic cavity, approximately 25 cm in diameter, with chest wall distention and shifting of the mediastinum to the left side (Figure 1(b)). 
(a) Intraoperative photograph showing the characteristic pedicle (Pe) of a large solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura. L: lung; T: tumour. (b) The giant solitary fibrous tumor was well circumscribed, white, and firm, with a whorled appearance and focal necrosis on cut surface, and was approximately 25 cm in diameter.
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The lesion had developed at the expense of the middle lobe visceral pleura, adherent in places to the chest wall and diaphragm, displacing the lung and the mediastinum, with atelectasis of the right lower lobe and the middle lobe (Figure 2(a)). The tumor's resection was complete with 1 cm margin (Figure 2(b)).