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Images in medicine
Obstructive atelectasis of the lung
  1. Simone Scarlata,
  2. Isaura Rossi Bartoli,
  3. Claudio Pedone,
  4. Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
  1. Geriatrics—Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Scarlata Simone, Geriatrics—Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome 00128, Italy; s.scarlata{at}unicampus.it

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133884

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    • Contributors The corresponding author conceived the work, was in charge of the clinical diagnosis and treatment and edited the manuscript. All authors have contributed towards revising the manuscript for important intellectual content and participated in editing the pictures, checking syntax and upgrading the paper to its current form.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval Local Ethics Committee.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.