What's the difference between pneumatocele and swelling?

Pneumatocele


Definition:

  • (n.) A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Computed tomography can clearly demonstrate the extent of the pneumatocele, and can show the maxillary pathology and the causative bony defect in the sinus.
  • (2) The pneumatoceles which appeared early in the course of the pneumonia resolved completely without complications.
  • (3) With respect to distribution of gas, 53% of patients presented pneumatocele, 38% of patients had pneumoencephalos, and 15% presented a laminar distribution of the gas.
  • (4) Radiological changes in the chest are prominent and include rapidly developing empyema, pneumonic consolidation, cavitation and pneumatocele formation.
  • (5) Two infants had pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteremia, complicated by pneumatocele formation.
  • (6) During the operation, we found that the intracerebral pneumatocele in the right frontal lobe communicated with the ipsilateral ethmoidal sinus, through which extracranial air ingressed and CSF egressed.
  • (7) A history of previous pneumonia should also be considered evidence to question the diagnosis of congenital respiratory cyst and suggest the possibility of a pneumatocele.
  • (8) The possible etiology of such a large spontaneous pneumatocele is discussed in the context of a review of the pertinent literature.
  • (9) In most of the remainder, chronic inflammation and fibrosis precluded differentiation from postinflammatory pneumatocele.
  • (10) The authors present a case of intracerebral expansive pneumatocele following a ethmoido-sphenoidal fracture by a bullet.
  • (11) This pneumatocele was unroofed and the fistula was temponaded by pericranial muscles and the Gelfomas sealed by tissue glue.
  • (12) His medical history also included two episodes of pneumonia complicated by a pneumatocele and empyema, purulent staphylococcal lymphadenitis, recurrent otitis media, and pneumococcal bacteremia.
  • (13) Scan are good prognostic factors (p less than 0.02 and p less than 0.04 respectively); on the other hand chronic alcoholism (p less than 0.03) and even more postoperative pneumatocele (p less than 0.007) are correlated with a poor result.
  • (14) Three patients with leucocyte related immune deficiency developed pneumatoceles during acute bacterial pneumonia.
  • (15) In spite of a chronically infected middle ear, there was no infection of the pneumatocele.
  • (16) The existence of a fluid level suggests the presence of blood (haemato-pneumatocele).
  • (17) Differentiation from atopic dermatitis should be made, because a long-term antistaphylococcal regime not only improves skin lesions but hinders the occurrence of lung abscesses and pneumatoceles.
  • (18) A case of a large intracranial pneumatocele arising from mastoid air cells is reported.
  • (19) A rare pulmonary manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or intravenous (IV) drug abuse is upper lobe cystic disease--pneumatoceles in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and bullous emphysema in IV drug abuse.
  • (20) A case of community acquired staphylococcal pneumonia is reported with the unusual complication, in an adult, of multiple pneumatoceles.

Swelling


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swell
  • (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
  • (n.) A protuberance; a prominence
  • (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
  • (2) Undaunted by the sickening swell of the ocean and wrapped up against the chilly wind, Straneo, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading oceanographic research centres, continues to take measurements from the waters as the long Arctic dusk falls.
  • (3) Axons emerge from proximal dendrites within 50 microns of the soma, and more rarely from the soma, in a tapering initial segment, commonly interrupted by one or two large swellings.
  • (4) It is a specific clinical picture with extensive soft tissue gas and swelling of the forearm.
  • (5) Psychiatric morbidity is further increased when adjuvant chemotherapy is used and when treatment results in persistent arm pain and swelling.
  • (6) Chromatolysis and swelling of the cell bodies of cut axons are more prolonged than after optic nerve section and resolve in more central regions of retina first.
  • (7) At 7 days axonal swellings were infrequently observed and the main structural feature was a reduction in myelin thickness in affected nerve fibers.
  • (8) In the companion paper, we quantitatively account for the observation that the ability of a solute to promote fusion depends on its permeability properties and the method of swelling.
  • (9) Admission venom levels also correlated with the extent of local swelling and the occurrence of tissue necrosis at the site of the bite.
  • (10) After 40 minutes of coronary occlusion and 20 minutes of reflow, significant cardiac weight gain occurred in association with characteristic alterations in the ischemic region, including widespread interstitial edema and focal vascular congestion and hemorrhage and swelling of cardiac muscle cells.
  • (11) The intensity of involvement varies in different arteries, localized swelling is of particular importance as a measure of atherosclerotic involvement.
  • (12) The DTH responses were induced by subcutaneous injection of allogeneic epidermal cells (ECs) and were assayed by footpad swelling.
  • (13) Adjunctive usage of elastic stockings and intermittent compression pneumatic boots in the perioperative period was helpful in controlling leg swelling and promoting wound healing.
  • (14) (1970) Endocrinology 87, 993--999), in stimulating both mitochondrial protein synthesis and swelling.
  • (15) Rapid swelling of the knee following a blow or twisting injury is considered a significant injury.
  • (16) Attachment appeared to involve a very close physical proximity of treponemes to the cultured cells; at the site of attachment, no changes such as swelling or indentation of the cultured cell surface were observed.
  • (17) The method is based upon osmotic swelling, sonication and centrifugation in sucrose.
  • (18) By contrast, all the semen samples that fertilized oocytes showed a 60% or higher reaction in the hypoosmotic swelling test, whereas the majority of the "infertile" semen samples showed less than 60% swelling.
  • (19) The changes included swelling, blunting, and flattening of epithelial foot processes, were accompanied by decreased stainability of glomerular anionic sites, and were largely reversed by subsequent perfusion with the polyanion heparin.
  • (20) After 3-5 days of side-arm traction, swelling had usually diminished sufficiently to allow the elbow to be safely hyperflexed to stabilize the fracture after elective closed reduction.

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