[Roentgenographic aspects of idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (author's transl)].

The present article gives a review about roentgenographic findings of the chest in idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn and in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. In addition to etiological factors particularly a systematic of typical signs in both diseases and possibility of complications and differential diagnosis is presented.