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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