PMC8432928_01
Pre-operative chest X-rays of the patient (not intubated).
Widening of the superior mediastinum with early left lower-lobe patchy
infiltrates and right lung upper-lobe early herniation to the left.
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F1
Patient intubated, rotated, left-lung early collapse consolidation
and middle lobe consolidation.
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F2
Middle mediastinal cystic mass lesion. Displacing and compressing
the airway and the oesphagus.
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F5
Atresia of left bronchus due to chronic mass effect.
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F6
Prominent multiple veins noted on the anterior chest wall, neck
and left shoulder with associated prominent right jugular vein from
raised jugular venous pressure from compressed superior vena cava.
Proximal oesophageal dilation with nasogastric tube in situ from
proximal oesophageal mass effect.
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F7
Middle mediastinal cystic mass with mass effect on the superior
vena cava and trachea and with associated anterior displacement of the
anterior mediastinum, left lung collapse and right lung compensatory
hyperinflation.
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F8
Right lung hyperinflation with multiple diffuse patchy infiltrates
suggestive of infection and early consolidation.
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F9
Bronchoscopy showing narrowing of the left main bronchus.
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F12
Bronchoscopy revealed a left bronchomalacia, with thick secretions (Fig. 12). 