Posterior lung herniation after a coughing spell: a case report

Lung hernias are rare, occurring most commonly after trauma or surgery. Spontaneous lung hernias are even rarer and have only been reported as occurring anteriorly. We present a 72-year-old male who developed a spontaneous posterior lung hernia after a severe coughing episode. We describe the evalua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jastrow, Kenneth M, Chu, Danny, Jaroszewski, Dawn, Huh, Joseph, Bakaeen, Faisal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19171045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-86
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Sumario:Lung hernias are rare, occurring most commonly after trauma or surgery. Spontaneous lung hernias are even rarer and have only been reported as occurring anteriorly. We present a 72-year-old male who developed a spontaneous posterior lung hernia after a severe coughing episode. We describe the evaluation and surgical management of this unusual condition and provide a brief review of the literature.

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