{"paper_id":"2d4d970d-14c8-4ade-a582-f69abdd5a14a","body_text":"Abstract\nA thirty four year old woman with recurrent catamenial pneumothorax is described. Pleural endometriosis was suspected and cytologic examination of fluid drained from the right pleural cavity showed glandular cell clusters of probable endometrial origin. The patient received a long-acting GnRH agonist (Triptorelin-Arvekap-Ipsen) 3.75 mg/month I.M. for nine months and remains asymptomatic with regular periods 12 months after discontinuing the treatment.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nBurry KA, Patton PHE, Illingworth DR (1989) Metabolic changes during medical treatment of endometriosis: nafarelin acetate versus danazol. Am J Obstet Gynecol 160:1454–1461\nCasey ML, Hemsell DL, MacDonald PC, Johnston JM (1980) NAD+-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase activity in the human endometrium. Prostaglandin 19:115–122\nDattola RK, Toffle RC, Lewis MJ (1990) Catamenial pneumothorax. J Reprod Med 35:734–736\nDotson RL, Peterson MC, Doucette RC, Quinton R, Rawson RY, Parker Jones K (1993) Medical therapy for recurring catamential pneumothorax following pleurodesis. Obstet Gynecol 82:656–658\nFoster DC, Stern JL, Buscema J (1981) Pleuralandparenchymalendometriosis. ObstetGynecol 58:552–556\nHenzl MR, Corson SL, Moghissi K, Buttram VC, Berquist C, Jacobson J (1988) Administration of nasal nafarelin as compared with oral danazol for endometriosis. N Engl J Med 31:485–489\nHibbard LT, Schumann WR, Goldstein GE (1981) Thoracic endometriosis: a review and report of two cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol 140:227–232\nJohnson WM, Tyndal CM (1987) Pulmonary endometriosis: treatment with danazol. Obstet Gynecol 69:506–507\nKarpel JP, Appel D, Merav A (1985) Pulmonary endometriosis. Lung 163:151–159\nLillington GA, Mitchell SP, Wood GA (1972) Catamenial pneumothorax. JAMA 219:1328–1332\nMarkham SM, Carpenter SE, Rock JA (1989) Extrapelvic endometriosis Obstet. Gynecol Clin North Am 16:123–146\nMaurer ER, Schaal FA, Mendez FL (1958) Chronic recurring spontaneous pneumothorax due to endometriosis of the diaphragm. JAMA 168:2013–2024\nRosenberg SM, Riddick DH (1981) Successfull treatment of catamenial hemoptysis with danazol. Obstet Gynecol 57:130–131\nRossi NP, Goplerud LP (1974) Recurrent catamenial pneumothorax. Arch Surg 109:173–176\nSlasky BS, Siewers RD, Lecky JW (1982) Catamenial pneumothorax: the roles of diaphragmatic defects and endometriosis. AJR 138:639–645\nSuginami H, Hamada K, Yano K (1985) A case of endometriosis of the lung treated with danazol. Obstet Gynecol 66 [Suppl]:685–715\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nAdditional information\nCorrespondence to: D. Lolis (address see above)\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nLolis, D., Adonakis, G., Kontostolis, E. et al. Successful conservative treatment of catamenial pneumothorax with GnRH agonist. Arch Gynecol Obstet 256, 163–166 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314646\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314646","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}