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From the case: Mucous plug with left lung collapse

Modality: X-ray

Mucous plug left lung collapse

Mucous plug with left lung collapse

contributed by Dr Andrew Dixon on May 24, 2010

System: Chest

Tag: icu

Modality: X-ray

Mucous plug left lung collapse

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Mucous plug with left lung collapse - “The lungs are well aerated on the inital film. The subsequent film taken 4 hours later demonstrates left hemithorax white-out with ...”

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