title: Delayed traumatic lung herniation.
abstract: There are very few lung herniation cases described in literature. We present a case of a delayed lung herniation. In our case, the initial imaging was negative but patient developed a herniated lung during his hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalsow
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wigle
authors.forename: Lester Wayne
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Navdeep
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Samra
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013997:Time Factors