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Figure 5: A 63 year-old male, ex-smoker presented with progressive dyspnea and hemoptysis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) revealed a cauliflower mass totally obstructing left main bronchus which was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma, after two sessions of interventional bronchoscopy 1 week apart, both electrocautery and cryotherapy were used: (a) FOB snapshot before intervention showing endobronchial mass obstructing the left main bronchus, (b) after intervention showing recanalized left main bronchus, and (c) tip of FOB and the cryoprobe attached to a large piece of the extracte d tumor. |
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