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Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a peribronchial, perialveolar air-leakage syndrome that usually develops as a complication of intermittent positive pressure ventilation in neonates. It is a collection of gases outside of the normal air passages and inside the connective tissue of the peribronchovascular sheaths, interlobular septa, and visceral pleura. It occurs most commonly in the newborn period especially in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome who require mechanical ventilation. The principal therapies are lateral decubitus positioning, selective bronchial intubation, and high-frequency ventilation. Pulmonary interstitial emphysema which has high mortality and morbidity rates should be kept in mind in newborns with respiratory disabilities who take mechanical ventilatory support. We reported an extremely very low birth weight baby who developed pulmonary interstitial emphysema on ninth day of life in neonatal intensive care.

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