Cicatrisation atelectasis
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Cicatrisation atelectasis is a form of lung atelectasis which occurs as a result of scarring or fibrosis that that reduces lung expansion. Common aetiologies include granulomatous disease, necrotising pneumonia and radiation fibrosis.
The term is closely related to cicatrisation collapse when an entire lobe is collapsed from the same process.
-<p><strong>Cicatrisation atelectasis</strong> is a form of <a href="/articles/lung-atelectasis">lung atelectasis</a> which occurs as a result of scarring or fibrosis that reduces lung expansion. Common aetiologies include granulomatous disease, necrotising pneumonia and radiation fibrosis.</p><p>The term is closely related to <a href="/articles/cicatrization-collapse">cicatrisation collapse</a> when an entire lobe is collapsed from the same process.</p>- +<p><strong>Cicatrisation atelectasis</strong> is a form of <a href="/articles/lung-atelectasis">lung atelectasis</a> which occurs as a result of scarring or fibrosis that reduces lung expansion. Common aetiologies include granulomatous disease, <a title="Necrotising pneumonia" href="/articles/necrotising-pneumonia">necrotising pneumonia</a> and <a title="Radiation fibrosis" href="/articles/radiation-induced-pulmonary-fibrosis">radiation fibrosis</a>.</p><p>The term is closely related to cicatrisation collapse when an entire lobe is collapsed from the same process.</p>
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