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. 2017 Spring;17(1):2-5.
doi: 10.1043/1524-5012-17.1.2.

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Figure.
Figure.
Forceps on the left are grasping the renal vein valve. K, kidney allograft; *, donor renal vein. Intraoperative photograph taken by John Bosworth, PA.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest from an outside facility demonstrated nodular pleural thickening 12 × 77 mm in diameter along the lateral aspect of the right major fissure. The radiographic appearance and the size of this lesion had not changed compared to a CT chest done 10 years prior.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
The fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography from an outside facility demonstrated intense hypermetabolic activity corresponding to the right pleural-based nodule on anatomical computed tomography of the chest.
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