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case_images: Preoperative CT images of the left thyroid (A), metastatic lymph nodes in the left neck region III (B).
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case_images: The remainder of the site does not exhibit any apparent mass ( Figure 1 ).
case_images: Chest X-ray images of patient before and after treatment (A):a chest radiograph revealed bilateral pleural effusion on postoperative day 7. (B) No obvious thoracic fluid collections in the review X-ray image on postoperative day 14.
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case_images: The chest X-ray examination revealed the presence of bilateral pleural effusion ( Figure 2A ). Subsequent reexamination revealed no accumulation of fluid in the chest on X-ray, leading to the removal of the closed thoracic drainage tube ( Figure 2B ).
case_images: Graph of postoperative cervicothoracic drainage volume against time.
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case_images: The postoperative cervicothoracic drainage volume is illustrated in  Figure 3 .
case_images: Postoperative pathological examination images of the thyroid (A), metastatic lymph nodes in the left neck (B).
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case_images: There was evidence of metastasis to the left central region (1/1) and left cervical lymph nodes (12/18) ( Figure 4 ).