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Sparing of some accessory lobes in diffuse pulmonary edema
1Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York 10021, USA.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In patients with diffuse pulmonary edema we have noted a number who had sparing of accessory lobes. We postulate that this is due to a combination of two factors: diminished perfusion of the peripheral lung parenchyma and accessory fissures preventing interalveolar drift.