Togashi K, Yazawa M, Sato Y
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1992 Jun;40(6):1034-7.
A 70-year-old man admitted our clinic because of a painful bulge in the left chest wall that had appeared following a bout of coughing. CT confirmed the presence of lung herniation at the left eight interspace. At surgery a 3 x 16 cm anterolateral defect in the site was confirmed. A patch of Gore-Tex (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) was fashioned and sewn into the defect with interrupted 3-0 Ethibond sutures. Spontaneous intercostal lung hernia is a rare lesion of thoracic wall and have not been reported in Japan. We describe a case with some reviewing.
