ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, vol.99, no.5, pp.1821-1823, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
Lung herniation is rare and is usually caused by blunt trauma, congenital abnormalities of the ribs, or previous thoracic operations. We report a rare case of spontaneous lung herniation in a 72-year-old woman and describe the operative repair. (C) 2015 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons