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Round atelectasis in a 20-year-old woman
D J Waters1, J Michehl, D R Shumate
1Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Des Moines General Hospital, IA.
Chest
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Round atelectasis is an unusual pulmonary pseudotumor often associated with primary pleural pathologic conditions or pleural effusion. We report the case of a 20-year-old woman who was found to have a large, circular pulmonary lesion demonstrated on both plain chest x-ray film and computed chest tomography. The patient underwent exploratory thoracotomy, at which time this uncommon entity was identified.