| AIPE | acute interstitial pulmonary emphysema; alcoholism intervention performance evaluation |
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| COPE | chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema |
| dif-PIPE | diffuse persistent interstitial pulmonary emphysema |
| IPE | infectious porcine encephalomyelitis; interstitial pulmonary emphysema |
| PIPE | persistent interstitial pulmonary emphysema |
| subgaleal emphysema | Collection of air or gas between the inner layer of the scalp and the cranium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| surgical emphysema | Subcutaneous emphysema from air trapped in the tissues by an operation or injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diffuse emphysema | Emphysema affecting all parts of the lobules, in part, or usually the whole, of the lungs, and usually associated with a1-antiprotease deficiency emphysema. Synonym: diffuse emphysema, generalised emphysema, panacinar emphysema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diffuse obstructive emphysema | The major component of chronic obstructive lung disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| increased markings emphysema | A term applied to mixed obstructive lung disease in which radiographic findings of emphysema coexist with nonvascular shadows, probably related to bronchial inflammation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interlobular emphysema | Interstitial emphysema in the connective tissue septa between the pulmonary lobules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interstitial emphysema | Presence of air in the pulmonary tissues consequent upon rupture of the air cells, presence of air or gas in the connective tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intestinal emphysema | A condition characterised by the presence of thin-walled, gas-containing cysts in the wall of the intestines. The lesions may be subserosal or submucosal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| irregular emphysema | Emphysema that shows no consistent relationship to any portion of the acinus; always associated with fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectatic emphysema | Obstructive airway disease with areas of dilatation of alveoli acini. Seen primarily in association with inherited deficiency of alpha-1 protease inhibitor. See: panlobular emphysema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emphysema | <chest medicine> A pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs, applied especially to such a condition of the lungs. (18 Nov 1997) |
| familial emphysema | Emphysema inherited in association with severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. It may occur as an isolated feature or with cutis laxa and haemolytic anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unilateral lobar emphysema | A state in which the roentgenographic density of one lung (or one lobe) is markedly less than the density of the other(s) because of the presence of air trapped during expiration. Synonym: Macleod's syndrome, Swyer-James syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute pulmonary alveolitis | Acute inflammation involving exudate into the pulmonary alveoli and impaired gas exchange; may result in necrosis with haemorrhage into the lungs; occurs in Goodpasture's syndrome, in association with a glomerulonephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute pulmonary eosinophilia | <chest medicine> A self-limiting inflammation in the lungs where there is associated infiltration of eosinophils into lung tissue. Chest X-ray reveals pulmonary infiltrates and full blood count shows increased numbers of eosinophils. The cause is unknown and the disease often resolves without treatment. Some forms may be treated with oral corticosteroids. Complications include restrictive cardiomyopathy due to fibrosis of the lining of the heart. (27 Sep 1997) |