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Thoracopaedia: An Imaging Encyclopedia of Pediatric Thoracic Disease: Case 40
Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D.
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
A chest CT exam shows the mass to extend from the neck to the diaphragm, compressing the tracheal and left mainstem bronchus leading to left lower lobe atelectasis. The chest wall mass is partially eroding the sternum and there is periosteal reaction. Axillary adenopathy is present also.
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