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Published on September 23, 2008
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2008, doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.189852
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Extrathoracic herniation of a lung bulla through a tube thoracostomy site

Erdal Okur 1*, Cagatay Tezel 1, Volkan Baysungur 1, Semih Halezeroglu 1

1 Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: erdalokur{at}hotmail.com.


  Abstract
We report a case of lung bulla herniation occurring 2 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 the thoracic wall, a tube thoracostomy site as in our case. Diagnostic and radiological features of this uncommon case are described. Keywords: Bulla; Lung herniation; Tube thoracostomy




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