A Case of Spontaneous Transdiaphragmatic Intercostal Hernia with Contralateral Injury, and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Characteristics of reviewed reports of transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia.

	Age	Sex	Underlying disease process	Rib fractured	Laterality	Presence of abdominal wall hernia	Steroid usage	Symptoms	Surgical approach
Croce and Mehta, 1979	74	M	COPD	9	Right	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracoabdominal
Cole et al., 1986	72	M	COPD	8, 9, 10	Left	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy
Rogers et al., 1996	64	M	Sarcoid	9	Left	No	Yes	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy
Kallay et al., 2000	63	F	Asthma	None	Left	No	Yes	Pain, ecchymosis, dyspnea	Abdominal
Khan et al., 2006	75	M	COPD	None	Right	No	N/A	Pain, swelling	Thoracotomy
Chaar et al., 2007	54	M	COPD	7	Left	No	N/A	Pain, swelling	Thoracoabdominal
Daniel et al., 2008	70	M	N/A	None	Left	No	N/A	Pain, dyspnea	Thoracotomy
Aggarwal et al., 2010	65	M	Remote PNA	None	Left	No	N/A	Swelling, dyspnea	Thoracoabdominal
Abu-Gazala et al., 2011	59	M	Cough	9	Right	Yes	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy
Lasithiotakis et al., 2011	78	M	Tight belt	None	Left	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Abdominal
Macedo et al., 2012	53	M	PNA	8	Right	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy
Macedo et al., 2012	71	M	Cough	8	Right	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy
Macedo et al., 2012	64	M	COPD	None	Right	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy
Sit et al., 2015	81	M	COPD	7, 8, 9	Right	No	N/A	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Pending repair
Chapman et al., 2015	66	M	Asthma	8	Bilateral	Yes	Yes	Pain, protrusion, ecchymosis	Thoracotomy