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This is a chest radiogram of a 78-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the left upper lobe bronchus resulting in collapse and hypoxemia.
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This photo shows the tumor obstructing the left upper lobe bronchus prior to photodynamic therapy.
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In this photo, photodynamic therapy is administered via the flexible bronchoscope.
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This photo shows the patient 2 weeks after treatment with photodynamic therapy. The left upper lobe is re-expanded and the patient no longer requires oxygen supplementation.
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| These photos are of a chest radiogram and an obstructed left main stem bronchus prior to treatment. The patient is a 70-year-old female with advanced lung cancer (stage IIIB) who continued to have hemoptysis and airway obstruction despite receiving maximal external beam radiation therapy | |
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| These photos are of the left main stem bronchus of the same patient 2 weeks after treatment, and her chest radiogram demonstrating re-expansion of the left lung. | |
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