Catalog
Interstitial emphysema
Link to WHO Definition
Interstitial emphysema – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2008095771
This is a collection of air outside of the normal air passages in the body and instead is found inside the connective tissue of the peribronchovascular sheaths, interlobular septa, and visceral pleura. This collection develops as a result of alveolar and terminal bronchiolar rupture.