The Japanese journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai zasshi

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · ISSN (print) 1344-4964 · 2 papers in corpus
case-report 2006
doi:10.1007/bf03397156 ·PMID:16764314

We present here a rare case of left-side catamenial pneumothorax, in which endometrial tissue pleura was found on the visceral pleura histologically. A chest roentogenogram confirmed the left pneumothorax, but did not reveal bullae or any a…

case-report 2005
doi:10.1007/s11748-005-0042-6 ·PMID:15952324

We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who experienced recurrence of catamenial pneumothorax during pregnancy. Pneumothorax unrelated to the hormonal cycle occurred by pulmonary endometriosis. Thoracoscopic resection of cystic lesions an…