Atelectasis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

atelectasis, incomplete expansion, diminished lung volume, pulmonary volume deficiency, lung deficiency, lung foreign body, lung tumor, mucus plugging, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, granulomatous disease, necrotizing pneumonia, bronchioalveolar cell carcinoma, right middle lobe syndrome, atelectatic lung tissue, bronchial obstruction, pulmonary atelectasis, obstructive atelectasis, lobar atelectasis, segmental atelectasis, nonobstructive atelectasis, relaxation atelectasis, passive atelectasis, compression atelectasis, space-occupying lesion of thorax, adhesive atelectasis, surfactant deficiency
 
decreased production of surfactant, inactivation of surfactant, cicatrization atelectasis, replacement atelectasis, chronic atelectasis, acute pneumonitis, chronic pneumonitis, rounded atelectasis, radiation pneumonitis, discoid atelectasis, subsegmental atelectasis, platelike atelectasis, pulmonary embolism, lower respiratory tract infection, postoperative atelectasis, plugs of tenacious sputum

endobronchial tumors, adenocarcinoma of breast, bronchogenic carcinoma, adenocarcinoma of thyroid, hypernephroma, melanoma, chronic tuberculosis, fungal infection, aspirated foreign body, malpositioned endotracheal tube, lymphadenopathy, aortic aneurysm, cardiac enlargement, emphysematous bulla, chest wall mass, pleural mass, intraparenchymal mass, loculated collections of pleural fluid, hyaline membrane disease, smoke inhalation

cardiac bypass surgery, uremia, prolonged shallow breathing, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, radiation fibrosis, asbestos pleural plaques

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Tarun Madappa, MD, MPH, Attending, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Indiana
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