Congenital lung herniation

Am J Med Genet. 1991 Jul 1;40(1):97-9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320400120.

Abstract

Congenital lung herniation is a rare condition. It is usually associated with a costal cartilage defect. We report on a newborn boy with a partial lung herniation through the parietal pleura and skin associated with a sternal malformation. We propose the herniation occurred around the fifth month of fetal life and interfered with sternal ossification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hernia / congenital*
  • Herniorrhaphy
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung Diseases / congenital*
  • Lung Diseases / surgery
  • Male