Spontaneous intercostal lung hernia
Togashi, K.; Yazawa, M.; Sato, Y.
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai 40(6): 1034-1037
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-4739 PMID: 1634834 Document Number: 389893
A 70-year-old man admitted our clinic because of a painful bulge in the left chest wall that had appeared following a bout of coughing. CT confirmed the presence of lung herniation at the left eight interspace. At surgery a 3 x 16 cm anterolateral defect in the site was confirmed. A patch of Gore-Tex (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) was fashioned and sewn into the defect with interrupted 3-0 Ethibond sutures. Spontaneous intercostal lung hernia is a rare lesion of thoracic wall and have not been reported in Japan. We describe a case with some reviewing.