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case_images: Lateral magnetic resonance image.
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case_images: Anteroposterior magnetic resonance image.
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case_images: Anteroposterior chest radiograph demonstrating deviation of the trachea around right mediastinal mass.
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case_images: An anteroposterior chest radiograph demonstrated deviation of the intrathoracic trachea around the mass (Figure 3).
case_images: Colour flow Doppler ultrasound image of superior mediastinal mass.
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case_images: A subsequent ultrasound scan demonstrated a superior mediastinal mass separate from the inferior pole of the right thyroid lobe measuring 4.8 cm in maximal diameter (Figure 4).
case_images: Macroscopic image of excised mediastinal thyroid mass (a) is the outer surface and (b) is the cut surface.
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case_images: Histopathologic evaluation of the excised mediastinal specimen demonstrated a 5.3 cm by 2 cm thyroid tissue mass with large oedematous loose areas and foci of calcification and fibrosis (Figure 5).
case_images: H&E stained section viewed at low power showing a peripheral rim of preserved thyroid follicles around a central paucicellular fibrotic area.
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case_images: No neoplasia was seen (Figure 6).