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Comment to the article: Diaphragmatic patch: a useful adjunct in surgical treatment of recurrent catamenial hemothorax.
The present work reviews the catamenial hemothorax and its relation to two potential clinical cases. Hemothorax is a condition usually associated to thoracic trauma, iatrogenesis, pneumothorax, and malignant or infectious pleural disease. Apart from these clinical entities, the presence of hemothorax is not frequent and its etiology is usually difficult to ascertain. Thoracic endometriosis is o...
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Although catamenial hemothorax compared to pneumothorax is a rarer clinical presentation of thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES), it is more commonly associated with diaphragmatic fenestrations. These openings may serve as entry portals for peritoneal fluid to access into the pleural space thereby perpetuating recurrent pleural effusion even after prior surgical pleurodesis. We report our expe...
متن کاملRecurrent catamenial pneumothorax caused by diaphragmatic fenestration.
Catamenial pneumothorax, which is a rare cause of spontaneous pneumothorax, is defined as a pneumothorax that starts at the onset of or within the first 72 hours of the menstruation period in women.1 Catamenial pneumothorax was first described by Maurer et al in 1958.2 The reported incidence of catamenial pneumothorax among the spontaneous pneumothoraces is 3–6%, but the actual incidence is 25–...
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A 42-year-old multiparous patient presented for consultation as a referral for management of recurrent catamenial pneumothorax. Evaluation by a pulmonologist failed to reveal any chest masses. She was treated for endometriosis using Danazol 800 mg daily for 6 months. Pneumothorax did not recur during treatment and during follow-up visits.
متن کاملCatamenial pneumothorax: A rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax
Introduction: Primary spontaneous pneumoth-orax is a common clinical occurrence. Although primary spontaneous pneumothorax is twice as common in men as in women. The recurrence rate is significantly higher in women. The two primary causes for recurrence in women are catamenial pneumothorax and endometriosis related pneumothorax. In the past, catamenial and/or endometriosis related pneumothorax ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
سال: 2004
ISSN: 2465-1028,1122-0643
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2004.699