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Abstract
Intercostal lung herniation is a rare complication of trauma, best demonstrated by
computed tomography. Most intercostal lung herniations are the result of direct trauma
to the chest wall or occur at sites of prior percutaneously placed chest tubes. We
present two cases of acquired intercostal lung herniation.
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Publication history
Accepted:
September 6,
1995
Received:
July 27,
1995
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© 1997 Published by Elsevier Inc.
