title: Spontaneous combined lung and bowel hernia following an episode of acute bronchitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Hany
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.forename: Al-Rehan A
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dhanji
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: 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