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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:240
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Bullous herniation of the lung through an intercostal drain site

Regional Department Of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B5 9SS, UK

Received 23 May 2002; received in revised form 11 October 2002; accepted 21 October 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44-121-424-1561; fax: +44-121-424-0562
e-mail: srathinam@rcsed.ac.uk

Key Words: Bulla • Lung hernia • Chest drain

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Intercostal herniation of pulmonary bulla is very rare. A 75-year-old man with emphysema and previous persistent right-sided pneumothorax (Fig. 1) treated with an apical drain, presented with . . . [Full Text of this Article]