Intercostal lung herniation secondary to thoracotomy: a case report

Intercostal lung herniation is defined as a protrusion of the lung parenchyma through a defect in the intercostal muscles between adjacent ribs. The authors report a case of intercostal pulmonary hernia in a 45-year-old male patient, with smoking habit (30 packs-year), presented to the emergency dep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mhamdi, Samira, Aouini, Ines, Daboussi, Salsabil, Mahfoudhi, Houaida, Lassoued, Mehdi Ben, Kallel, Manel, Moetamri, Zied, Aichaouia, Chiraz, Mejri, Islem, Khadhraoui, Mohsen, Cheikh, Rzaieg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7388616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32774615
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.39.20054
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Sumario:Intercostal lung herniation is defined as a protrusion of the lung parenchyma through a defect in the intercostal muscles between adjacent ribs. The authors report a case of intercostal pulmonary hernia in a 45-year-old male patient, with smoking habit (30 packs-year), presented to the emergency department with dyspnea. He had the history of pulmonary emphysema complicated with a total right pneumothorax in 2015 treated by mini-thoracotomy with bullectomy and pleural abrasion. In 2019, he was admitted to hospital for left chest pain. The computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest revealed a bilateral emphysema with intercostal lung hernia through the fourth intercostal space the patient underwent, a left thoracotomy with repair of the intercostal muscle defect. He was discharged from hospital free of complications.

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