folded lung syndrome

folded lung syndrome definition - medical

fold·ed lung syndrome (fōlˈdĭd)

noun
Collapse of part of the lung caught between shrinking fibrous pleura scars, which sometimes results from pleural asbestosis. Also called round atelectasis.

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