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Case Reports
. 2011:4:39-42.
doi: 10.4137/CCRep.S7002. Epub 2011 Jul 3.

Spontaneous Transient Lateral Thoracic Lung Herniation Resulting in Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and Subsequent Contralateral Lung Injury

Antony Kaliyadan  1 , Amal Kebede, Tabassum Ali, Michael Karchevsky, Bernard Vasseur, Nirav Patel
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Spontaneous Transient Lateral Thoracic Lung Herniation Resulting in Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and Subsequent Contralateral Lung Injury

Antony Kaliyadan et al. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2011.

Abstract

Lung herniation is a relatively rare clinical entity that is most commonly either congenital or acquired traumatically. We describe a case of spontaneous lung herniation secondary to acute cough in an obese male smoker complicated by contralateral acute lung injury and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Mechanisms of lung herniation, classification, diagnosis, and management will be discussed.

Keywords: SIRS; lung hernia; lung herniation; spontaneous; systemic inflammatory response syndrome; thorax.

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CXR on presentation.
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CT of the chest showing lateral lung hernation of the right lung at the seventh intercostal space.
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Right anterior abdominal intramuscular hemorrhage resulting in expanding hematoma.
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