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case_images: (A) Computed tomography scan illustrating bone metastases in the ninth right costal arch. (B) Positron emission tomography and computed tomography with hypermetabolic activity coincident with a mass described in the previous computed tomography scan (A) in the right costal region.
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case_images: An initial radiological study was performed consisting of a posteroanterior chest X-ray that revealed the alteration at the cortical level of the anterior arch of the right ninth rib in relation to lytic tumor. A complementary study was performed, using thoraco-abdominopelvic computed tomography and positron emission tomography and computed tomography, which revealed a hypermetabolic lesion at the level of the right chest wall with destruction of the arch of the ninth rib accompanied by a soft tissue mass measuring 69x44x67 mm with pathological uptake (SuvMax of 26.6) without other metabolically significant lesions (Fig. 1).
case_images: (A) Mass effect on costal region. (B) Exposure of tumor mass located in the eighth and ninth right costal arch. (C) Costal wall repair using bilaminar mesh. (D) Surgical section of bone metastasis removed.
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case_images: The patient was discharged on the fifth post-operative day (Fig. 2).