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Figure 1: Chest X-ray showing a homogenous opacity in the right hemithorax with scattered calcification.
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Chest X ray (Fig. 1) showed a homogenous opacity on the right side with a fluid level, with clear costophrenic angles.
Figure 2: CT scan of thorax shows calcified lesions in a cyst in the mediastinum suggestive of bone and teeth in the mass.
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CT chest (Fig. 2) done revealed a well circumscribed peripherally enhancing multiloculated cystic fluid and a soft tissue density lesion with fat components, well defined multiple calcified tooth like structures and bone pieces.
Figure 3: Intraoperative finding of a well circumscribed posterior mediastinal mass compressing on the adjacent lung tissue.
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The teratoma was found to be originating from the posterior mediastinum (Fig. 3).