Recurring spontaneous pneumothorax concomitant with menstruation

Recurring spontaneous pneumothorax concomitant with menstruation.

Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in association with menstruation was first noted by Maurer, Schaal, and Mendez in 1958. These authors described a 35-year-old woman who had 15 proven episodes of right spontaneous pneumothorax between November 1952 and March 1954. Every episode had come on during the period of menstruation. At thoracotomy the lung parenchyma looked normal and there was no obvi...

spontaneous pneumothorax

a case with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax was presented. etiology, mechanism, and treatment were discussed on the review of literature. spontaneous pneumothorax is a clinical entity resulting from a sudden non traumatic rupture of the lung. biach reported in 1880 that 78% of 916 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax had tuberculosis. kjergaard emphasized 1932 the primary importance of sub...

Recurring catamenial pneumothorax treated with a Gn-RH analogue.

We report a case of recurring catamenial pneumothorax with concurrent pelvic endometriosis. Thoracoscopy revealed a blue-like lesion on top of the dome of the right hemidiaphragm. Microscopic examination of biopsy specimens showed endometriosis. The patient was treated with a Gn-RH analogue and remains well without further evidence of pneumothorax after six months.

Catamenially recurring pneumothorax with partial liver herniation: a particular view.

Few cases of catamenial pneumothorax with complete or partial diaphragmatic hernias are reported in the literature. We present herein the case of a 38-year-old woman affected by recurrent right-sided spontaneous pneumothorax during menstrual periods. CT scan revealed normal lung parenchyma and multiple diaphragmatic nodes suspected for endometrial implants. The patient underwent right thoracosc...

Spontaneous Pneumothorax with a Pleuro-Peritoneal Fistula