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case_images: The chest x-ray, showing a large mass projecting over the right lung field.
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case_images: F1
case_images: A chest x-ray showed a large mass projecting over the right lung field (fig 1).
case_images: A pre-surgical CT scan of the chest showing the tumour.
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case_images: F2
case_images: A CT scan of the chest showed an enormous anterior mediastinal mass contiguous with the posterior aspect of the sternum and the right ribs, occluding the superior vena cava and compressing the heart (fig 2).
case_images: SRS with In-111-DTPA-D-Phe 1-pentetreotide showed an area of abnormally increased concentration of the radiopharmaceutical at the anatomical area of the mediastinum.
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case_images: F3
case_images: The SRS was reported as showing an area of abnormally increased concentration of the radiopharmaceutical at the anatomical area of the mediastinum due to either a mass remnant or a recurrence of the disease or an inflammatory process (fig. 3).