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A 51-year-old man was incidentally found to have a posterior mediastinal cyst during cardiac computed tomography. The 3.5\u2009\u00d7\u20093\u2009\u00d7\u20095.5\u2005cm\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    cyst at T4-T7 was resected via robotic-assisted thoracoscopy. Immunohistochemistry confirmed M\u00fcllerian differentiation (estrogen receptor+\/progesterone receptor+\/PAX8+\/WT1+). 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