Extrathoracic Lung Herniation From Blunt Trauma Chest.

ABSTRACT

Traumatic extrathoracic lung herniation is an exceptional complication of blunt trauma chest. We report a case of 44-year-old man who sustained severe blunt trauma chest with multiple rib fractures in a motor vehicle collision and the diagnosis was established through Computerised Tomographic scan chest. Patient was managed by standard posterolateral thoracotomy and a separate incision over the herniated part anteriorly to facilitate the reduction of herniated segment of the lung. Patient had an uneventful recovery.