Catamenial pneumothorax: A scourge not to be ignored

Kelechi E. Okonta, GerryC Nkwocha, Goddy Bassey
In: Nigerian Journal of Cardiology · 2013 · vol. 10(2) , pp. 47 · doi:10.4103/0189-7969.126998 · W2004756838
article OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 1 in-corpus citation
View on OpenAlex View at publisher
⚙ AI-generated summary by claude@2026-06, 2026-06-07 ⓘ

Catamenial pneumothorax, linked to thoracic endometriosis, is diagnosed via imaging and thoracoscopy and effectively treated with hormonal and surgical interventions.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

Abstract

Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is defined as spontaneous pneumothorax occurring within 72 h before or after the onset of menstruation. It is the most common form of thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES), which includes catamenial hemoptysis, catamenial hemothorax, catamenial hemopneumothorax, and endometrial nodular lung mass. The purported pathogeneses are the retrograde menstruation and implantation of endometrial tissue in the thoracic cavity, the entry of endometrial cells into the venous system and metastatic spread of endometrial tissue, the coelomic metaplasia and the effect of the potent prostaglandin F2 causing the rupture of subpleural blebs at peak of menstruation. This condition was considered a rare entity even in our local setting; however, a prospective study about a decade ago showed that 25% of women hospitalized in an 18-month period for surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax had this condition. The diagnosis is established by clinical evaluation with chest computerized tomography scan and video-assisted thoracoscopy, and immediate multimodality treatment using hormonal and surgical interventions will substantially reduce morbidity and mortality.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosisthoracic_endometriosis

Citation neighborhood

Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.

References (35)

Cited by (1)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-04T00:00:01.174412+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK