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Fig. 1 —Aspiration of bread piece in trachea of 34-year-old man with mental retardation and abrupt dyspnea. Chest CT image (5-mm collimation, lung window setting) after bronchoscopic removal of bread shows subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and upper lung predominant consolidation in bilateral dependent lungs. Consolidation represents additional areas of aspiration that probably preceded tracheal aspiration.