Air Tumor
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Air tumor is a figurative expression used in 1930s medicine to describe pathological conditions involving atmospheric air entering tissues and organs, such as subcutaneous emphysema or air-containing herniations of the respiratory tract. These conditions bear no relation to true neoplasms.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
AIR TUMOR, a figurative expression used to designate pathological processes and conditions associated with the penetration of atmospheric air into various tissues and organs; thus, when air enters the tissue of the mediastinum, one speaks of an air tumor; the same is observed in the subcutaneous tissue (see Emphysema). Sometimes this term is used to designate malformations of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi when hernia-like protrusions containing air are formed in their walls (laryngocele, tracheocele, bronchocele). Air tumors bear no relation to true neoplasms.
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“Air Tumor.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/air-tumor/