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Radiological appearance of asthma

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Features include:

  • hyperinflation
  • possible pneumothorax in status asthmaticus or acute asthma
  • mucus plugs may cause focal or segmental atelactasis, and sometimes collapse of a lobe or lung
  • transient infiltrates may be seen in association with eosinophilia

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