compensating emphysema

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com·pen·sat·ing em·phy·se·ma

, compensatory emphysema
increase in the air capacity of a portion of the lung when another portion is consolidated, shrunken, or unable to perform its respiratory function; the alveoli are distended, but there is no destruction of alveolar walls, and hence, no true emphysema, as this term is now defined.
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Postoperative chest X-ray showed good expansion of the right lung, minimal compensatory emphysema of the left upper lobe and the mediastinum still shifted slightly to the right.
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung--differential diagnosis and management
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