Nikolaos Machairiotis

ORCID: 0000-0003-2260-9709 · 31 papers in corpus
review 2019
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.11.019

ObjectiveMedical plants have been used for centuries for the treatment of various disorders in humans and animals. The therapeutic properties of herbs and plants have been documented for years, giving rise to ethnobotany, and have been a so…

review 2014
Journal of thoracic disease ·doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.49

Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is the most common form of thoracic endometriosis syndrome, which also includes catamenial hemothorax, catamenial hemoptysis, catamenial hemopneumothorax and endometriosis lung nodules, as well as some exception…

review 2013
European journal of medical research ·doi:10.1186/2047-783x-18-13

This paper reports a case of endometriosis of the lung in a 29-year-old woman with long-term periodic catamenial hemoptysis. A chest computed tomography image obtained during menstruation revealed a radiographic opaque lesion in the lingula…

review 2013
Diagnostic pathology ·doi:10.1186/1746-1596-8-194

Endometriosis is a clinical entity characterized by the presence of normal endometrial mucosa abnormally implanted in locations other than the uterine cavity. Endometriosis can be either endopelvic or extrapelvic depending on the location o…

article 2012
International journal of general medicine ·doi:10.2147/ijgm.s32904

The case of a tender, isolated abdominal wall tumor within a Pfannenstiel incision due to a seeding deposit of endometrial tissue secondary to a previous obstetric operation (caesarean section) in a 39-year-old female without previously rep…

article 2012
Journal of thoracic disease ·doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.s006

OBJECTIVE: Spontaneous recurrent pneumothorax during menstruation is reported as catamenial pneumothorax. It is encountered in 3-6% of spontaneous pneumothorax cases among menstruating women. The percentage among women referred for surgery …