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The axial (a) and coronal (b) view of a computed tomography scan of the neck showing a stenotic lesion at the upper trachea (red arrows; color in online version only).
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F1
A computerized tomography scan of the neck showed a stenotic lesion at the upper trachea (fig. 1).
a Bronchoscopy showed a strand-like fibrotic stenosis about 2 cm below the vocal cords. b-d The stenotic lesion was palliated by the cutting and removal of tissue with the IT knife-2 using the combination of cutting and coagulation current.
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F2
Bronchoscopic examination showed a strand-like fibrotic tracheal stenosis 2 cm below the vocal cords without other endobronchial lesions (fig. 2a). Tubingen, Germany; fig. 2b-d).