Martinovski Marko, Green Joel A
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
J Surg Case Rep. 2014 May 19;2014(5):rju048. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rju048.
Intercostal incisional hernias are rarely encountered post-operative complications. Bone sequestra of the ribs are similarly rare. We report a very rare case of a left sided rib bone sequestrum mimicking an incisional hernia after a nephrectomy, splenectomy, and distal pancreatectomy.