Abnormal pulmonary aeration in infants and children.
There are many intrinsic and extrinsic, and congenital or acquired lesions that cause aeration disturbances in infants and children. The radiographic diagnosis of these entities and the pathophysiologic mechanisms by which they produce overinflation or underinflation are discussed. Longstanding airway compression may have serious effects on the developing lung and its vascular supply.
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
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D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital