Atelectasis classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Somal Khan, M.D.

Overview

Atelectasis may be an acute or chronic condition. In acute atelectasis, the lung has recently collapsed and is primarily notable only for airlessness. In chronic atelectasis, the affected area is often characterized by a complex mixture of airlessness, infection, widening of the bronchi (bronchiectasis), destruction, and scarring (fibrosis).