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Tumor mass obstructing the left main bronchus.
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The spiral chest CT scan revealed a large tumor of soft tissue density replacing most of the left lung and occluding the lumen of the left main bronchus, associated with atelectasis (Figure 1).
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Left pneumectomy; Nodular matastases.
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Under these circumstances, the patient was consented for surgery and a left pneumonectomy was performed (Figure 2).
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Innumerable metastatic nodules with involvement of thoracic wall.
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It also revealed lesions of soft tissue density in various parts of the thoracic wall, some of which were associated with rib destruction (Figure 5).