Spontaneous combined lung and bowel hernia following an episode of acute bronchitis.
Spontaneous lung hernias are unusual conditions which usually follow attacks of excessive straining. Spontaneous bowel hernias are even rarer. Here, we present the first reported case of a combined spontaneous herniation of both the lung and bowel following an attack of acute bronchitis and coughing together with a description of surgical approach and repair.
Habib
Ahmed
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Department of Cardiothoracic, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK.
Elsayed
Hany
H
Dhanji
Al-Rehan A
AR
Wood
Alan
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome