KB27.0
category
Interstitial emphysema originating in the perinatal period
Definition
Escape of air into the interstitium, lymphatics and venous circulation of the lungs resulting from rupture of small airways associated with a characteristic cystic appearance on chest X-ray, almost exclusively seen in preterm infants receiving mechanical ventilation
Also indexed as
CLE - [congenital lobar emphysema]Chronic congenital interstitial emphysemaInterstitial emphysema originating in the perinatal periodchronic congenital emphysemachronic congenital obstructive pulmonary emphysemacongenital atrophic emphysemacongenital emphysemacongenital interlobular emphysemacongenital interstitial emphysemacongenital interstitial pulmonary emphysemacongenital lung emphysemacongenital obstructive emphysemacongenital obstructive pulmonary emphysemacongenital pulmonary emphysemacongenital senile emphysemaemphysema of fetus or newborninfantile lobar emphysemainterstitial emphysema, perinatal period
Nearby in Pulmonary air leak or related conditions originating in the perinatal period
KB27.1Pneumothorax originating in the perinatal periodKB27.2Pneumomediastinum originating in the perinatal periodKB27.3Pneumopericardium originating in the perinatal periodKB27.4Pneumoperitoneum, originating in the perinatal period, due to primary pulmonary air leak syndromes4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified