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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;27:1112
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

An unusual foreign body in the tracheobronchial tree

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clínico, Barcelona, Spain

Received 24 September 2004; received in revised form 28 January 2005; accepted 2 February 2005.

^* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clínico, C/Villarroel, 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 93 2275400; fax: +34 93 2279380. (E-mail: toracica@hotmail.com).

Key Words: Trachea • Foreign body • Airway obstruction • Therapeutic bronchoscopy

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