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case_images: CT scans of the patient showing thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma with a closed relationship of proximal structures.
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case_images: F1
case_images: The enhanced CT scan showed that the soft tissue mass enclosed proximal structures, including lung tissue, pulmonary vein, pericardium, and phrenic nerve (Figure 1).
case_images: The three-dimensional reconstruction of this mass showing the relative positional relationship between the mass and the surrounding tissues.
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case_images: F2
case_images: The mass clearly invaded the pericardium and right middle lobe (RML) tissue, with an extremely closed relationship between the pulmonary vein as well as the phrenic nerve (Figure 2).
case_images: The patient underwent surgery through uniport video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS).
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case_images: F3
case_images: The patient underwent surgery to resect the mass through UniProt video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) (Figure 3).