Figure 1:

Rigid bronchoscopy showed the presence of bilateral huge granulations that completely covered vocal folds (A). Under granulations, the stent resulted to be in site but its lumen was partially obstructed by granulation (B). The patient was intubated with a small laser-safe endo-tracheal tube which passed through the stent. To preserve the stent from thermal injury, a gauze was placed around the orotracheal tube under granulations (C).