atelectasis
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atelectasis
[‚ad·əl′ek·stə·səs] (medicine)
Total or partial collapsed state of the lung.
Failure of the lung to expand at birth.
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Other CT findings associated with PE include pulmonary hemorrhage (seen as peripheral areas of consolidation or ground-glass opacity; Figure 11),
subsegmental atelectasis, and pleural effusion.
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