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Representative CT images of a 63-year-old woman with COPD demonstrate typical magnitudes of static end-expiratory tracheal collapse (19%) and of dynamic forced-expiratory collapse (58%). Expiratory tracheal morphology demonstrates relative flattening of the posterior membranous wall of the trachea at end-expiration and anterior bowing of this structure at forced expiration.
