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case_images: (A) Chest x-ray demonstrated complete atelectasis of the left lung and mediastinal deviation to the left. (B) Flexible bronchoscopy showed complete obstruction of the left main bronchus by a polypoid tumour. (C) Chest computed tomography revealed a polypoid tumour, originating from left main bronchus and occupying the orifice of the left main bronchus.
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case_images: Chest x-ray showed complete atelectasis of the left lung and severe deviation of the mediastinum to the left (Figure 1A). Flexible bronchoscopy (Figure 1B) and computed tomography of the chest with multiplanar and three-dimensional virtual reconstruction revealed a 22-mm polypoid tumour originating from the left main bronchus (LMB) and occupying the orifice of LMB (Figure 1C).
case_images: Intraoperative photograph of the anastomosis site. The tumour of the left main bronchus was already resected. The aortic arch was retracted upward and the left pulmonary artery was retracted downward with traction tape to obtain better exposure. Ao, aorta; LMB, left main bronchus; PA, left main pulmonary artery.
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case_images: After division of Bottalo's ligament, the aortic arch was retracted upward and the left pulmonary artery was retracted downward with traction tape to obtain better exposure (Figure 2).