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Preoperative chest X-Ray (CXR).
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Surgery (OMFS) service was then consulted. See Figure 1 for the preoperative chest X-Ray (CXR).
Postoperative Neck Soft Tissue CT revealing diffuse tracheal calcification.
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On POD #5 a Neck Soft Tissue CT, which was obtained in order to rule out complications from the repeated tracheostomy attempts, demonstrated increased diffuse tracheal calcification (see Figure 2).