Pulmonary Atelectasis in Pediatric Spinal Muscular Atrophy -- Insights from Two Cases and the Literature

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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disorder in which respiratory complications are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality. Among these, pulmonary atelectasis—airway collapse leading to impaired gas exchange—remains underrecognized and often misdiagnosed as pneumonia. We report two pediatric SMA cases complicated by atelectasis, highlighting diagnostic and management challenges. In both...

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• Diaphragm
• Infant
• Lung Diseases, Interstitial
• Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
• Mutation
• Respiration
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
• Respiratory Insufficiency

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Literature Corpus work

b1139e4d-74b1-515d-8df6-8a58605013f6

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10.22541/au.175880538.88227402/v1