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Descriptor English: Mediastinal Emphysema
Descriptor Spanish: Enfisema Mediastínico
Descriptor enfisema mediastínico
Entry term(s) enfisema del mediastino
enfisema intersticial
enfisema pulmonar intersticial
neumomediastino
Scope note: Presencia de aire en los tejidos del mediastino debido a escape del aire desde el árbol traqueobronquial, generalmente como resultado de un trauma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfisema Mediastínico
Descriptor French: Emphysème médiastinal
Entry term(s): Emphysema, Mediastinal
Emphysemas, Mediastinal
Interstitial Emphysema
Interstitial Emphysema of Lung
Mediastinal Emphysemas
Pneumomediastinum
Tree number(s): C08.846.187.290
C23.550.325.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008478
Scope note: Presence of air in the mediastinal tissues due to leakage of air from the tracheobronchial tree, usually as a result of trauma.
Annotation: note category: do not confuse with PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM, DIAGNOSTIC
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8646
Unique ID: D008478
NLM Classification: WF 900
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/03/18
Mediastinal Emphysema - Preferred
Concept UI M0013198
Scope note Presence of air in the mediastinal tissues due to leakage of air from the tracheobronchial tree, usually as a result of trauma.
Preferred term Mediastinal Emphysema
Entry term(s) Emphysema, Mediastinal
Emphysemas, Mediastinal
Interstitial Emphysema
Interstitial Emphysema of Lung
Mediastinal Emphysemas
Pneumomediastinum



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