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Fig. 3

From: A case of esophageal atresia with the bronchial-like lower esophagus which originates from the left lower lobe bronchus

Fig. 3

A The scheme represents the airway (green) and esophagus (yellow). The lowercase letters in the figure correspond to each bronchoscopy finding in B. B The trachea was trifurcated in three directions. The left branch was blind-ended (red arrow) (a). The dorsal branch was cartilaginous and bifurcated into the left inferior lobe bronchus (green arrow) and lower esophagus (yellow arrow) (b). Cartilage tissue was observed in the lower esophagus, presenting a bronchial-like appearance (c). A normal esophageal wall appeared distally (d)

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