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case_images: (a) Preoperative chest radiograph showing mediastinal mass with tracheal deviation to the left. (b) Postoperative radiograph showing centralized trachea. Sternotomy wire in situ
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case_images: F1
case_images: Chest radiograph showed a huge mediastinal mass with a leftward deviation of the trachea and downward displacement of the heart [Figure 1a]. Postoperative chest radiograph showed a centralized trachea, widened mediastinum, and homogenous opacity in the lower lobe of the right lung [Figure 1b].
case_images: Neck and chest computed tomography scan showing progressively narrowed trachea with the area of minimum trachea diameter close to the carina
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case_images: F2
case_images: The mass is seen displacing the trachea to the left and compressing on it [Figure 2].
case_images: Rigid bronchoscope in situ, connected to a breathing circuit
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case_images: F3
case_images: The breathing circuit was then connected to the side port of the bronchoscope and the patient ventilated through the bronchoscope [Figure 3].
case_images: Excised 300 g retrosternal goiter
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case_images: F4
case_images: The resected thyroid mass, the larger part of which was retrosternal, weighed 300 g [Figure 4].