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A pulmonary consolidation is a region of (normally compressible) lung tissue that has filled with liquid a condition marked by induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung. It is considered a radiologic sign. Consolidation occurs through accumulation of inflammatory cellular exudate in the alveoli and adjoining ducts. Simply it is defined as alveolar space that contains liquid instead of gas.
