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case_images: Sagittal computerized tomography scan showing tracheal laceration between the first and second tracheal rings (arrow) (A) and transverse imaging of the lesion (arrow) (B).
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case_images: A computerized tomography (CT) scan evaluation revealed a rupture of the right lateral tracheal wall between the first and second tracheal rings, next to the middle third of the right thyroid lobe (Figures 1A, 1B).
case_images: Cervical and subcutaneous emphysema (arrow) found in coronal computerized tomography (CT) scan (A) and transverse CT scan (B).
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case_images: Additionally, the CT scan revealed cervical and subcutaneous emphysema as well as a small pneumomediastinum (Figures 2A, 2B, and Figure 3).
case_images: Pneumomediastinum (arrow) on computerized tomography scan.
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case_images: Additionally, the CT scan revealed cervical and subcutaneous emphysema as well as a small pneumomediastinum (Figures 2A, 2B, and Figure 3).
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case_images: Surgical exploration of tracheal laceration (A) and immediate post-operative status (B).
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case_images: Once the airway was secured, neuromuscular blockade was administered and surgery to repair the tracheal laceration proceeded (Figure 4A). Surgery was uneventful and lasted approximately one hour (Figure 4B).
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