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Radiograph of the chest and abdomen on admission. (a) The lungs are aerated bilaterally with LMA in place and show hazy parenchymal opacities bilaterally. There is a hemivertebra at T12 and 11 rib pairs on the right. (b) Similar radiograph with the esophageal tube in place in addition to removal of the nasogastric tube and placement of umbilical catheters.
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Admission radiograph showed the lungs to be well aerated bilaterally via LMA with hazy opacities, hemivertebra at T12, and 11 rib pairs on right (Figure 1).
Rigid laryngoscopy of vocal cords and subglottis. The petechiae present on the distal wall of the blind-ended laryngeal pouch from previous intubation attempts are noted. No tracheal rings are present.
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Rigid laryngoscopy showed a blind tracheal pouch just beyond the vocal cords (Figure 2; Supplementary Video (available here)).
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