Extrathoracic herniation of a lung bulla through a tube thoracostomy site.
We report a case of lung bulla herniation occurring two years after a tube thoracostomy application due to pneumothorax. A new bulla can develop or a pre-existing bulla can herniate through a weak part of thoracic wall, a tube thoracostomy site as in our case. Diagnostic and radiological features of this uncommon case are described.
Okur
Erdal
E
Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching Hospital, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey. erdalokur@hotmail.com
Tezel
Cagatay
C
Baysungur
Volkan
V
Halezeroglu
Semih
S
D001768:Blister / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015505:Chest Tubes; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome