Presentation
Chronic extrinsic allergic alveolitis that required a lung transplantation.
Patient Data
Age: 59
Gender: Female
From the case:
Left intercostal lung hernia
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Left lung transplantation. There is a thin line (air-density) adjacent to the 6th-7th left ribs that suggests the presence of a small lung herniation. Loss of volume of the right native lung and chronic pleuropulmonary changes.
From the case:
Left intercostal lung hernia
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Confirmation of the small left lung herniation using CT.
Case Discussion
Congenital lung hernias are rare. Most patients that suffer from lung hernias have been involved in traffic accidents or have undergone thoracic surgery. Chest wall and pulmonary surgery debilitate the chest wall muscles, facilitating the herniation.
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