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. 2016 Nov-Dec;49(6):409-410.
doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0165.

Primary undifferentiated sarcoma in the thorax: a rare diagnosis in young patients

Carlos Henrique Simões de Oliveira Waszczynskyi  1 , Marcos Duarte Guimarães  2 , Luiz Felipe Sias Franco  1 , Bruno Hochhegger  3 , Edson Marchiori  4
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Primary undifferentiated sarcoma in the thorax: a rare diagnosis in young patients

Carlos Henrique Simões de Oliveira Waszczynskyi et al. Radiol Bras. 2016 Nov-Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
CT scan showing a primary sarcoma in the right hemithorax. A: CT scout image showing opacification of the right hemithorax. B: Coronal CT reconstruction with heterogeneous enhancement (arrow). C: Axial CT slice showing contralateral mediastinal deviation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Undifferentiated sarcoma. Hematoxylin-eosin staining (×100).
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