This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages before signing in

Emphysema

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

Emphysema is enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles in the lungs, either from dilatation, destruction or distension of their walls.

Emphysema often co-exists with chronic bronchitis in the same patient, the two disease processes acting together to produce the clinical picture of chronic obstructive airways disease.


Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation, such as a web address or phone number. This information will always be displayed when you visit this page