shrinking lung

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shrinking lung

A popular term for elevation of the diaphragm due to pleural adhesions, plate-like atelectases and chronic fibrosis, a finding seen in SLE; the radiologic and pathologic findings may not translate into clinical disease. Cf Pulmonary sequestration.

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