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Initial chest radiograpy showing, the right hemithorax was completely opaque and there was a mediastinal shift towards the left side. On the thoracic computed tomography (CT) image, there was a giant heterogeneous mass that filled the right hemithorax almost completely and pushed the heart to the left and the diaphragm downwards.
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On the thoracic computed tomography (CT) image, there was a giant heterogeneous mass that almost completely filled the right hemithorax and pushed the heart to the left and the diaphragm downwards (Figure 1).
The thoracic CT angiogram showing that the mass was supplied by multiple intercostal arteries as well as aberrant artery that branches off the celiac trunk in the subdiaphragmatic region.
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The thoracic CT angiogram showed that the mass was supplied by multiple intercostal arteries, as well as an aberrant artery that branches off the celiac trunk in the subdiaphragmatic region (Figure 2).
The gigantic encapsulated solitary tumor of the pleura, weighed 2870 g and measured 25x18x15 cm
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The resected specimen was 25x18x15 cm and 2.870 g (Figure 3).