title: Traumatic extrathoracic lung herniation.
abstract: Traumatic extrathoracic lung herniation is an exceptional complication of blunt chest trauma. We report the case of a 46-year-old man who was involved in a motorcycle accident and who suffered a left clavicle fracture-dislocation associated with multiple rib fractures and massive herniation of the left upper lobe through an upper anterior chest wall defect. Immediate surgical repair through an atypical transcostal vertical thoracotomy resulted in full recovery of pulmonary function at 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Percy Military Hospital, Clamart, France. loic.lang@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lang-Lazdunski
authors.forename: Pierre-Mathieu
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brinquin
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jancovici
mesh_terms: D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods