Acute Crit Care.  2021 Feb;36(1):78-80. 10.4266/acc.2020.00675.

Retrieval of a tracheobronchial blood clot with a Yankauer suction catheter in complete airway obstruction

• Kaushik S
• Jain G
• Gupta N
• Saini LK
• Sindhwani G

• KMID: 2513259
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2020.00675

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  Figure 1. Computed tomography scan of the thorax. Mediastinal window showing necrotic lymphadenopathy of paratracheal lymph nodes (arrows) under axial (A) and coronal section (B). Lung window showing centrilobular nodules (arrow) in the right middle lobe under axial section (C).

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  Figure 2. Massive tracheobronchial clot with visible primary and secondary divisions of the bronchial tree.

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