1. Intercostal lung herniation secondary to thoracotomy: a case report
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Samira Mhamdi, Ines Aouini, Salsabil Daboussi, Houaida Mahfoudhi, Mehdi Ben Lassoued, Manel Kallel, Zied Moetamri, Chiraz Aichaouia, Islem Mejri, Mohsen Khadhraoui, and Rzaieg Cheikh
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hernia ,lung ,chest ,surgery ,Medicine - Abstract
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 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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- 2020
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