Coloured X-ray (front view) of the chest in a 58 year old patient showing collapse (atelectasis) of part of the upper lobe of a lung (pink, at left).

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Coloured X-ray (front view) of the chest in a 58 year old patient showing collapse (atelectasis) of part of the upper lobe of a lung (pink, at left). An obstruction of the air passages has occurred preventing air from escaping here and this part of the lung collapses.

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