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  2. Emphysema - Wikipedia

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    Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE), also known as congenital lobar overinflation and infantile lobar emphysema, [37] is a neonatal condition associated with enlarged air spaces in the lungs of newborn infants. It is diagnosed around the time of birth or in the first 6 months of life, occurring more often in boys than girls.

  3. Pneumothorax - Wikipedia

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    In children, additional causes include measles, echinococcosis, inhalation of a foreign body, and certain congenital malformations (congenital pulmonary airway malformation and congenital lobar emphysema). [19] 11.5% of people with a spontaneous pneumothorax have a family member who has previously experienced a pneumothorax.

  4. Congenital pulmonary airway malformation - Wikipedia

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    Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), formerly known as congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM), is a congenital disorder of the lung similar to bronchopulmonary sequestration. In CPAM, usually an entire lobe of lung is replaced by a non-working cystic piece of abnormal lung tissue.

  5. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    bilateral opacities on chest imaging (chest radiograph or CT) not explained by other lung pathology (e.g. effusion, lobar/lung collapse, or nodules) respiratory failure not explained by heart failure or volume overload; decreased Pa O 2 /Fi O 2 ratio (a decreased Pa O 2 /Fi O 2 ratio indicates reduced arterial oxygenation from the available ...

  6. Pneumatosis - Wikipedia

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    Low magnification micrograph of pneumatosis intestinalis in bowel wall.. Pneumoperitoneum (or peritoneal emphysema), air or gas in the abdominal cavity.The most common cause is a perforated abdominal viscus, generally a perforated peptic ulcer, although any part of the bowel may perforate from a benign ulcer, tumor or abdominal trauma.

  7. Mediastinal shift - Wikipedia

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    Tension pneumothorax is an emergent condition in which air gets trapped in the space between the chest wall and the lung. This space is referred to as the pleural space. Because air can't escape from this space, the air pocket grows larger and larger, resulting in the lung collapse closest to the pneumothorax.

  8. Respiratory disease - Wikipedia

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    The affected lung "collapses" like a deflated balloon. A tension pneumothorax is a particularly severe form of this condition where the air in the pleural cavity cannot escape, so the pneumothorax keeps getting bigger until it compresses the heart and blood vessels, leading to a life-threatening situation.

  9. Absent pulmonary valve syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Massive lobar emphysema may result from the compression of bronchi by dilated pulmonary arteries, which typically causes respiratory distress. The pulmonary artery's infundibulum's orientation regulates the pulmonary arteries' preferred dilatation as well. Infundibulum is typically vertical and brief.