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. 2022 May-Jun;39(3):301-302.
doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_472_21.

An unusual cause of hemoptysis

Arjun Padmanabhan  1 , K Azeez Ameer  1 , Ganesh Balan  1 , Nishal Neeloth  1
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An unusual cause of hemoptysis

Arjun Padmanabhan et al. Lung India. 2022 May-Jun.
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Figure 1
Bronchoscopic image showing the presence of retained suture material in the right upper lobectomy stump
Figure 2
Figure 2
Bronchoscopic image showing the presence of granulation tissue alone after removal of the sutures
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