Round atelectasis as a complication of Legionnella pneumonia.
Round atelectasis is a rare lung pseudotumor that is most commonly associated with asbestos-related pleural disease but can result from a variety of chronic pleural diseases. We describe a patient who developed round atelectasis over a period of only several months following an acute pleuropulmonary illness caused by Legionnella pneumophila.
Kuno
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Department of Medicine, Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Georgia, USA.
Bower
D J
DJ
Aguayo
S M
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D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed