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case_images: a An original chest X-ray is shown. b An enlarged X-ray with a high contrast shows the tracheal stent in place between the main bronchus and the main right bronchus
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case_images: He had a medical history of limited-disease small cell lung cancer with tracheal stenosis; a tracheal stent procedure had been performed 8 years ago (Fig. 1).
case_images: Preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) scan shows that a part of the broken tracheal stent has penetrated into the esophagus
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case_images: During the preoperative assessment, a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed that a part of the tracheal stent placed between the main bronchus and the main right bronchus had penetrated the esophagus (Fig. 2).
case_images: An endoscopic examination of the upper digestive tract shows part of the tracheal stent in the esophagus
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case_images: Endoscopic examination of the upper digestive tract revealed the part of the tracheal stent in the esophagus (Fig. 3).