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Spontaneous intercostal lung herniation complicated by rib fractures: a therapeutic dilemma

Lung herniation has been defined as a protrusion of lung tissue through its bounding structure. We present a case of spontaneous intercostal lung herniation following bouts of cough, which was complicated by multiple rib fractures, in which we had to adopt a non-surgical approach due to the clinical...

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Autores principales: Wani, Adil S., Kalamkar, Prachi, Alhassan, Sulaiman, Farrell, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26719812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omv069