Sumitaka Yamanaka
ORCID: 0000-0002-3634-8389
· 2 papers in corpus
article
2016
Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is generally caused by intraperitoneal air leaking from the uterus into the thoracic cavity via a defect in the endometrial tissue of the diaphragm and is usually detected in the right thorax. We report a case o…
article
2003
A 27-year-old female was complained repeated right pneumothorax. Each episode was obviously related to the onset of menstruation, suggesting catamenial pneumothorax. Thoracoscope revealed the presence of several fistulas in the central tend…