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case_images: Computed tomography revealed a soft tissue density (red arrow) at the left lower lobe bronchus with narrowing of the left main bronchus and emphysema of the left lower lobe.
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case_images: Chest computed tomography revealed a soft tissue density at the left lower lobe bronchus (LLLB) with stenosis of the left main bronchus and emphysema of the left lower lobe (Figure 1).
case_images: Bronchoscopy revealed stenosis of the left main bronchus caused by bridging scar tissue (red arrow).
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case_images: Bronchoscopy revealed that the stenosis of the left main bronchus was caused by a bridging scar tissue (Figure 2).
case_images: The plastic whistle that had been lodged in the left lower lobe bronchus.
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case_images: A rigid bronchoscope was then introduced, and we successfully removed the plastic whistle from the LLLB using rigid forceps (Figure 3).
case_images: Three months after the surgery, bronchoscopic examination showed good patency of the truncus and the left lower lobe bronchus.
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case_images: Bronchoscopic examination showed good patency of the truncus and LLLB (Figure 4).