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(a-b) Chest radiograph: localised infiltrates in the right lung and right middle lobe atelectasis.
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A chest radiograph showed localised infiltrates in the right lung and right middle lobe atelectasis (Fig. 1 a-b).
(a-c) Chest CT: endobronchial obstruction, right middle lobe atelectasis, tree-in-bud infiltrates and enlarged right hilar lymph nodes.
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The chest CT scan revealed endobronchial obstruction, atelectasis and tree-in-bud infiltrates in the right middle lobe and enlarged right hilar lymph nodes (Fig. 2 a-c).
(a) Bronchoscopy: a cigarette filter obstructing right middle lobe, (b) Cigarette filter removed from the right middle lobe bronchus during bronchoscopy, (c) Flexible alligator-jaw foreign body removal forceps used for the filter retrieval.
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Flexible bronchoscopy was performed where we identified a cigarette filter obstructing the entrance of the right middle lobe bronchus, with purulent secretions around the foreign body (Fig. 3a). The filter (Fig. 3b) was retrieved with a single-use, flexible, alligator-jaw foreign body removal forceps (Fig. 3c).