Lung herniation is a rare event that can occur spontaneously or traumatically. Thoracic hernias are usually associated with a chest-wall defect. We report a case of thoracic lung hernia that occurred 2 days after traumatic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, after the formation of a large hemothorax.

Traumatic abdominal wall hernias are a rare event following blunt trauma. This case report details the course of traumatic left parailiac hernia in an 18-year-old female initially diagnosed on CT imaging. The timing repair such is largely debated, and this patient’s was delayed by significant operative intra-abdominal injuries, recurrent orthopaedic surgeries, infected hematoma at site. Ultimat...

A 2 year old queen cat was presented with clinical signs of shock, dyspnea, tachycardia and vomiting, after being fallen from height. Right lateral plain radiography identified a diaphragmatic hernia with its characteristic radiographic signs. Obligation of proper pre-anaesthetic stabilization, surgical techniques and maintenance of adequate postoperative measures was rewarded with uncomplicate...

I read with interest the article entitled ‘Intrathoracic gastric perforation: a late complication of an unknown postpartum recurrent hiatal hernia’ by Lococo et al [1]. A 62-year old man was referred to our centre with a case of left-sided traumatic chylothorax for the possibility of a thoracic duct ligation. A left-sided chest tube was draining several hundreds of millilitres of whitish milky ...