Pneumothorax originating in the perinatal period

Definition

Abnormal presence of air or other gas in the pleural cavity, usually secondary to tracking of free air from pulmonary interstitial emphysema, or rupture of subpleural blebs that can be associated with mediastinal shift with kinking of the great vessels and impaired cardiac output

Also indexed as

Nearby in Pulmonary air leak or related conditions originating in the perinatal period

• KB27.0Interstitial emphysema originating in the perinatal period
• KB27.2Pneumomediastinum originating in the perinatal period
• KB27.3Pneumopericardium originating in the perinatal period
• KB27.4Pneumoperitoneum, originating in the perinatal period, due to primary pulmonary air leak syndromes
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified