Fig. 3
From: Is extended resection for locally advanced thoracic cancer with cardiopulmonary bypass justified?
Operative pictures of the representative patient 8#. (A) Pretreatment CT scan demonstrating bulky mediastinal thymoma invading the cardiovascular structure. (B) Preoperative CT scan showing marked shrinkage of tumor after induction chemoradiotherapy. (C) Prosthetic reconstruction of the SVC, right atrium, and proximal ascending aorta after radical resection. (D), (E) and (F) Resected specimen with gross appearance of necrotic content which confirmed pathological complete response. nCRT: neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, pCR: pathological complete response, CT: computed tomography, SVC: superior vena cava