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(a) Preoperative chest X-ray a 16 cm soft-tissue mass within the left lung and (b) postoperative chest X-ray AP view.
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Preoperative MRI a massive left-sided chest tumor which measures approximately 10 x 15 x 12 cm in diameter with solid and metacystic appearance, there is an intraspinal component of this tumor which enters the spinal canal at the T6-7 level. (a) Coronal section T2, (b) sagittal section T2, and (c) axial section T2.
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T6 that extended through the T6/T7 foramen and ballooned in the chest cavity measuring 10 cm x 15 cm x 12 cm in diameter [Figure 2]. There was a concern that the tumor was malignant due to its large size and variegated appearance.
Postoperative MRI, there is no definable residual tumor with normal spinal canal (a) sagittal section, (b) axial section, and (c) coronal section.
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The postoperative MRI documented gross total resection of the prior intrathoracic/left T6-T7 foraminal/spinal tumor mass [Figure 3].