• Surgery today · Jan 2006

    Case Reports

    Cough-induced intercostal lung herniation requiring surgery: Report of a case.

    • Abdulrazzaq Sulaiman, Vincent Cottin, Edmundo Pereira De Souza Neto, Alessandro Orsini, Jean-Francois Cordier, Jean-Paul Gamondes, and Francois Tronc.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital Louis Pradel, 28, Avenue du Doyen Lépine, 69677, Bron Cedex, France.
    • Surg. Today. 2006 Jan 1;36(11):978-80.

    AbstractLung herniation is a rare event defined by protrusion of the lung through an abnormal weakness in the thoracic wall. We report a case of spontaneous intercostal pulmonary herniation, which occurred as a result of vigorous coughing. We repaired the herniation by approximating the ribs with heavy stitches. The mechanism of intercostal muscle disruption, and the etiology and treatment of lung herniations, are discussed.

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