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Case Reports
. 2015 Nov 28;3(2):203-205.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12262. eCollection 2016 Mar-Apr.

Intrathoracic Malignancy Mimicking Axial Dystonia

Marianna Selikhova  1 , Karen M Doherty  1 , Mark J Edwards  2 , Katherine A Buzzard  3   4 , Andrew J Lees  1
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Case Reports

Intrathoracic Malignancy Mimicking Axial Dystonia

Marianna Selikhova et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .
No abstract available

Keywords: fixed dystonia; scoliotic deformity; unilateral hyperhydrosis.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Marked truncal deformity with a large thoracic curve (convex to the left). Patient's left shoulder elevated and pelvis was higher on the right
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT chest findings. There is a right‐sided solid pericardial mass 3.3 × 3.4 cm, adjacent to the right atrium and causing extrinsic compression of the SVC (image on the left). There is also a nodular thickening of the right pleura posteriorly and paravertebrally, 0.7‐cm nodule on the diaphragmatic surface of the right pleura, and 1‐cm nodule in the lateral segment of the right middle lobe (image on the right)
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