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An airway blockage also can cause atelectasis. A blockage may be due to a foreign object (such as an inhaled peanut), a mucus plug, lung cancer, or a poorly placed breathing tube from a ventilator. When a blockage occurs, the air that's already in the air sacs is absorbed into the bloodstream.
1 Pneumonia. 2  Different types of pneumonia, an infection of your lungs, may temporarily cause atelectasis. 3  Pneumothorax. 4  Air leaks into the space between your lungs and chest wall, indirectly causing some or all of a lung to collapse.5  Scarring of lung tissue.6  Scarring could be caused by injury, lung disease or surgery. Different types of pneumonia, an infection of your lungs, may temporarily cause atelectasis. 2  Pneumothorax. 3  Air leaks into the space between your lungs and chest wall, indirectly causing some or all of a lung to collapse. 4  Scarring of lung tissue. 5  Scarring could be caused by injury, lung disease or surgery.