Subpleural pulmonary bullae

Last revised by Subhan Iqbal on 11 Dec 2020

Citation, DOI & article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Iqbal S, Foster T, et al. Subpleural pulmonary bullae. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 28 Jan 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-26607

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-26607

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/26607

rID:

26607

Article created:

30 Dec 2013 by Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Revisions:

5 times by 3 users - see full revision history

System:

Chest

Sections:

Tag:

cases

Synonyms:

Subpleural bullae
Sub-pleural bullae
Subpleural bullus
Subpleural lung bullae
Subpleural pulmonary bullus
Sub-pleural lung bullae
Subpleural lung bullus

Subpleural pulmonary bullae are a location-specific descriptive term to describe pulmonary bullae occurring in subpleural locations. Many are considered to represent regions of paraseptal emphysema where the emphysematous spaces are greater than 1 cm in diameter ¹. They may or may not contain septations ³.