[Spontaneous intercostal lung hernia].
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.
Togashi
K
K
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Yazawa
M
M
Sato
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012272:Ribs
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene