A pneumatocele is a cavity in the lung parenchyma filled with air that may result from pulmonary trauma during mechanical ventilation. == Cause == A pneumatocele results when a lung laceration, a cut or tear in the lung tissue, fills with air. A rupture of a small airway creates the air-filled cavity. Pulmonary lacerations that fill with blood are...
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• (n.) A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs.
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(noo-mat´o-sēl) a tumor or cyst formed by air or other gas filling an adventitious pouch, such as a laryngocele, tracheocele, or gaseous swelling of the scrotum. Called also aerocele and pneumocele. a usually benign, thin-walled, air-containing cyst of the lung, as in staphylococcal pneumonia. Called also p...
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Pneu·mat'o·cele noun [
Pneumato- + Greek ... a tumor; confer French
pneumatocèle .]
(Medicine) A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: nū-mat′ō-sēl Definitions: 1. An emphysematous or gaseous swelling. 2. A thin-walled cavity within the lung, one of the characteristic sequelae of staphylococcal pneumonia and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Synonyms: pneumonocele
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