KB27.2
Pneumomediastinum originating in the perinatal period
Pneumomediastino originado no período perinatal
CategoryDefinition
Presence of air in the mediastinum usually from tracking of free air from ruptured alveolar ducts along the perivascular sheaths of pulmonary blood vessels, or rupture of subpleural bleb
Index Terms
Pneumomediastinum originating in the perinatal periodperinatal mediastinal emphysemaperinatal pneumomediastinumcongenital pneumomediastinummediastinal emphysema of fetus or newborn