1. Candida Infection in a Stent Inserted for Tracheal Stenosis After Heart Lung Transplantation 
Kook-Yang Park, MD, Chul-Hyun Park, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 79, Issue 3, Pages (March 2005)
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2. Fig 1
Fluoroscopic view of the stent placement on postoperative day 71. (A) The stenotic trachea was first dilated by a balloon and (B) an expandable metallic stent (8 × 30 mm) (Palmaz, Johnson and Johnson Interventional Systems Co, Warren, NJ) was delivered by Ultrathin balloon (6 to 12 mm size) (Mansfield Co, Boston, MA) and (C) was inflated with high pressure. (D) Note the distal tip of the stent is free floated after the stent placement (arrow).
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3. Fig 2
(A) Bronchoscopic view of the stent demonstrating a well attached stent mesh to the tracheal wall proximally. (B) However, the distal stent end was free floating. (C) Emergency bronchoscopy was performed 9 months after the stent placement, which showed a severe narrowing of the airway due to an infectious material that later proved to be Candida albicans. (D) Despite the severe infectious lesion at the distal stent, the carina appeared normal.
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