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What does "dependent atelectasis is present posteriorly within the lungs. mild biapical pleural/parenchymal scarring is present." mean?
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Benign findings: Dependent atalectasis is just compression of the dependent lungs when lying down. A normal finding, mild bi-apical scarring is simply symmetric scar formation at the top of both lungs, usually associated with aging. Don't worry.
Answered 11/25/2020
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