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(A) Pre-operative chest X-ray showing foreign body in the lower lobe of the left lung. (B) Non enhanced Magnified image CT image of thorax. round radiopaque structure seen within the left lower lobe posterior basal segment. (C) Non contrast CT scan of thorax axial view (E) Coronal reformatted image shows the foreign bodies in the basal segment bronchi of left lower lobe. (D) (E) Foreign body, light emitting diode (LED). (F) Post-operative chest X-ray.
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Chest x-ray showed a foreign body in the right lower lobe bronchus Fig. 1A. With our lung sparing innovative surgical technique, we removed the foreign body Fig. 1(E).
Anatomical picture of the airway showing the location of foregion body.
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Airway anatomy (Fig. 2) and location of LED is shown in Fig. 1.
(A) Location of the foreign body (B) incision site over the foreign body. (C) Proximal bulldog on the posterior basal bronchus and injection of normal saline. ((D) Repair of posterior basal segmental bronchi after retrieval of the LED.
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Bronchus was repaired with 5/0 proline suture, Fig. 3 (Ilustrative drawing of procedure).