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A soft tissue opacity (arrow) seen between the tip of the tracheostomy tube and the bronchi on the computed tomography scan: (a) axial view on the admission day, (b) sagittal view on the admission day, (c) axial view on Day 8, and (d) sagittal view on Day 8.
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S1), whereas the axial CT scan showed soft tissue opacity between the tip of the tracheostomy tube and the bronchi (Figure 1(a) and (b)). She was diagnosed with dropped tracheal granuloma or tracheobronchial foreign body and was scheduled to undergo bronchoscopic extraction. A similar opacity between the tip of the tracheostomy tube and the bronchi was seen on axial CT (Figure 1(c) and (d)), and mucus was removed by bronchoscopy (Figure 2).
Stuck mucus revealed by bronchoscopy on Day 8.
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A similar opacity between the tip of the tracheostomy tube and the bronchi was seen on axial CT (Figure 1(c) and (d)), and mucus was removed by bronchoscopy (Figure 2).