The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon

We report a case of a 23-year-old woman with a 5-year history of recurrent hemoptysis during menstrual period. Catamenial hemoptysis was diagnosed using chest computed tomography and bronchoscopic examination during menstruation. The patien…

We read with interest the article by Seok and Lee[1] presenting the case of a left-sided catamenial pneumothorax (CP) associated with diaphragmatic fenestrations. CP is considered a rare disease, but, as reported in a recent review, its inc…

We report here on a case of recurrent pneumothorax during pregnancy, which was successfully treated with thoracoscopic surgery. This report describes the intraoperative and histopathological findings of diaphragmatic and pulmonary ectopic d…

Catamenial pneumothorax is a rare entity of spontaneous, recurrent pneumothorax occurring in synchrony with the menstrual cycle. The etiology is not completely known, but in most cases it is associated with thoracic endometriosis and/or dia…

A case of catamenial pneumothorax (CPT) was presented. The patient is a 34-year-old Japanese woman who had two histories of right pneumothorax occurring simultaneously with the menstruation. A thoracotomy, several blue cysts and tiny perfor…

Between 1974 and 1985, combined aortic and mitral valve replacement (DVR) was performed in 209 patients using Bjørk-Shiley tilting-disc prostheses. Early and late mortality were 9.5% and 10.5% respectively for the entire series. Factors sig…

Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax associated with the menstrual bleeding--catamenial pneumothorax--is a rare condition. Only 56 cases have so far been described. Two cases are hereby presented, and the different ways of treatment are menti…