[Spontaneous pulmonary hernia and Recklinghausen disease]

E Bouttier; L Arrivé; L Monnier-Cholley; J M Tubiana

[Spontaneous pulmonary hernia and Recklinghausen disease]

J Radiol. 1996 Feb;77(2):137-9.

[Article in French]

Authors

E Bouttier¹, L Arrivé, L Monnier-Cholley, J M Tubiana

Affiliation

¹ Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.

PMID: 8729343

Abstract

The pulmonary hernia is a rare entity defined by protrusion of pulmonary tissue through an abnormal weakness of the thoracic wall. We describe a case of spontaneous pulmonary hernia associated with osseous sternocostal abnormalities in a patient with a Recklinghausen disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Hernia / diagnostic imaging
Hernia / etiology*
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases / etiology*
Middle Aged
Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica / complications*
Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica / physiopathology
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed