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Mediastinal mass
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  1. Umar Imran Hamid,
  2. J Mark Jones
  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
  1. Correspondence to Umar Imran Hamid, umar79{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.11.2009.2471

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    A 76-year-old patient presented with an incidental finding of an anterior mediastinal mass (figures 1 and 2) following investigations for pneumonia. The patient underwent median sternotomy and excision of the mass. The mass weighed 1 kg and measured 15×14×10 cm. Histology revealed a grade AB thymoma of Masaoka stage II due to microscopic capsular invasion (figure 3). The patient made an uneventful postoperative recovery.

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    Chest x-ray showing …

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