Emphysema
In medicine, emphysema is an excess or an unfamiliar presence of air.
Depending on the location of the air accumulation, one differentiates:
- Emphysema
- Skin emphysema : can develop in the event of illness or after injury to air-containing organs, less often due to an infection with gas-producing pathogens
- Mediastinal emphysema forms in the space between the lungs ( mediastinum )
- Orbitaemphysem in orbit fractures ( fractures of bones of the eye socket), especially the medial wall