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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Dec 2008
Case ReportsExtrathoracic herniation of a lung bulla through a tube thoracostomy site.
- Erdal Okur, Cagatay Tezel, Volkan Baysungur, and Semih Halezeroglu.
- Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching Hospital, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey. erdalokur@hotmail.com
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec 1;7(6):1210-1.
AbstractWe report a case of lung bulla herniation occurring two years after a tube thoracostomy application due to pneumothorax. A new bulla can develop or a pre-existing bulla can herniate through a weak part of thoracic wall, a tube thoracostomy site as in our case. Diagnostic and radiological features of this uncommon case are described.
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