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(a) Identification of bread clip wedged into subglottic airway. (b) Using a flexible endoscope with a working channel, a cupped biopsy forceps is introduced into the laryngeal introitus and used to grasp the foreign body. (c) The bread clip is easily withdrawn with the cupped forceps and ultimately removed transorally. (d) The removed foreign body, covered with purulent secretions.
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On our initial office examination, a firm, linear foreign body was seen vertically bisecting the subglottis approximately 5 mm below the vocal folds, wedged between the anterior and posterior wall (Figure 1(a)). A flexible distal-chip laryngoscope with working channel was used to visualize the foreign body just inferior to the glottis (Figure 1(a)).