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A member asked:
What does it mean when the doctor says that the left lung is dilated?
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Dunno but ...: Yr lung snugly fits inside your rib cage. Occasionally it can collapse. A chest tube is then inserted and your lung then expands once again to fill the space that it did before it collapsed. Other than that, I don't know what you are talking about. Perhaps you misheard or misunderstood him?
Answered 7/15/2016
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