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. 2022 Oct 10;5(1):100219.
doi: 10.1016/j.opresp.2022.100219. eCollection 2023 Jan-Mar.

A 6 cm Metal Crack Pipe Aspirated

Antolina Gómez López  1 , Julie Tronchetti  2 , Rosa Espinal  2 , Philippe Astoul  2 , Hervé Dutau  2
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A 6 cm Metal Crack Pipe Aspirated

Antolina Gómez López et al. Open Respir Arch. .
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Figures

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Fig. 1
Posterior–anterior radiograph with metallic foreign body in the right bronchial tree.
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Fig. 2
Metallic foreign body with turbin inside the right main bronchus on chest computerized tomography.
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Fig. 3
Endobronchial view with its rounded edge of crak pipe in the right main bronchus.
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Fig. 4
Grip with rigid forceps through the rigid bronchoscope.
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Crack pipe's measurement.
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Burned side of the crack pipe.
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References

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