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Black open arrow showing incisor tooth in apical segment of right lower lobe.
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A check chest X-Ray (Fig. 1) taken after the resuscitation showed a tooth lying in the mid-zone close to hilum which was probably aspirated during intubation into right intermediate bronchus along with subcutaneous emphysema.
Removed incisor tooth held in dormia basket with broncoscope.
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As the size of foreign body was larger than side channel of the bronchoscope, broncoscope and tooth along with dormia basket forceps was withdrawn en block (Fig. 2).