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a: A needle-shaped high-density shadow in the field of LLL was shown in the chest X-ray, partially overlapping with the heart shadow, as indicated by the white arrow. Fig. 1b: The needle-shaped foreign body was located in the distal endobronchial lumen of the LLL in the sagittal position of the chest CT, as indicated by the white arrow. Fig. 1c: The metallic needle approximately 4 cm in length removed from the airway.
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The Chest X-ray and computer tomography (CT) were shown that a needle-shaped high-density shadow approximately 4 cm in length located in the lumen of the left lower lobe (LLL) (Fig. 1a and b).
Olympus company, BF-180.
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The available bronchoscopic equipment in hospital were the flexible diagnostic bronchoscope (Olympus Company, BF-180) Fig. 2 and the flexible biopsy forceps (OLYMPUS Company, FB-21C) Fig. 3.