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Volume 338:925-926 March 26, 1998 Number 13
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Case 33-1997: A 75-Year-Old Man with Chest Pain, Hemoptysis, and a Pulmonary Lesion

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To the Editor: In the October 23 Case Records,1 the illustration showing the path of the inspired sprig (Figure 9) is anatomically incorrect. The right bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical in direction than the left. As a consequence, there is a more direct continuation between the trachea and the right bronchus, so that any foreign body dropping into the trachea would naturally be directed toward the right bronchus.


Patrick Martens, M.D.
Saint Jan Hospital
8000 Brugge, Belgium

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  1. Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital (Case 33-1997). N Engl J Med 1997;337:1220-1226. [Free Full Text]
 
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