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Query: UMLS:C0019270 (hernia)
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The patient was a 60-year-old woman who underwent chest wall resection for a metastatic tumor in the anterior portion of the right 3rd rib, from thyroid cancer. The anterior portion of the right 3rd rib and the 2nd and 3rd intercostal muscles were resected, and chest wall reconstruction was not performed. On the 5th postoperative day, the patient developed a pulmonary hernia. Radiologically, more than half of the right upper lobe and middle lobe were prolapsed from the resected chest wall. The patient complained of cough and dyspnea, and an emergency surgery was performed. Elevated intrathoracic pressure due to obesity was considered to be a serious risk factor of the lung hernia after chest wall resection without reconstruction.
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PMID:[Emergency Surgery for a Lung Hernia after Resection of a Metastatic Rib Tumor;Report of a Case]. 2721 Feb 62

The whole-body iodine-131 scintigraphy is an imaging technique in monitoring patients with a history of thyroid cancer. Although the rate of false positives is negligible, it is not nonexistent. We report the case of an intervened and treated patient for thyroid cancer with good clinical and biochemical response. Scintigraphic findings were consistent with unsuspected bone metastasis. Fused SPECT/CT data allowed accurate diagnosis of giant diaphragmatic hernia associated with intrathoracic stomach, a very rare pathology that can lead to false positive results.
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PMID:Intrathoracic stomach mimicking bone metastasis from thyroid cancer in whole-body iodine-131 scan diagnosed by SPECT/CT. 2822 97