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case_images: A 44-year-old woman with persistent air leak after left upper lobectomy for lung adenocarcinoma in situ received the treatment of a single pushable Embolization Coil. (A,B) Chest computed tomography (CT) scans (axial and sagittal planes) demonstrated compressive atelectasis (blue asterisk) and pneumothorax in the left lung, which communicated directly (black arrows) with the bronchial stump. (C,D) Follow-up CT scans (axial and coronal planes) obtained 1 month after treatment demonstrated the complete closure of the fistula tract by the curved Embolization Coil which formed a tight occluding mass "like a sandwich" (black arrows), resolving the pneumothorax with the expansion of the collapsed lung tissue.
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case_images: Figure 2 demonstrates representative CT images of a postoperative BPF before and after a pushable Embolization Coil was inserted. The pneumothorax was directly connected to the bronchial stump in the axial and sagittal planes (Figures 2A,B). Follow-up CT scans obtained 1 month after the treatment demonstrated the complete closure of the fistula tract by the curved Embolization Coil in the axial and coronal planes, resolving the pneumothorax with the expansion of the collapsed lung tissue (Figures 2C,D).