CT diagnosis of acquired intercostal lung herniation

Clin Imaging. 1997 Mar-Apr;21(2):104-6. doi: 10.1016/0899-7071(95)00098-4.

Abstract

Intercostal lung herniation is a rare complication of trauma, best demonstrated by computed tomography. Most intercostal lung herniations are the result of direct trauma to the chest wall or occur at sites of prior percutaneously placed chest tubes. We present two cases of acquired intercostal lung herniation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Hernia / diagnostic imaging
  • Hernia / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*