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I was diagnosed with "mild right basilar subsegmental atelectasis" from a ct scan. i also have pkd. could this be caused by the pkd? does it need tx?
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Benign: Atelectasis is just lung that it is not fully aerated. Most commonly this happens from not taking a deep breath for the x-ray.
Answered 3/20/2016
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