Yoko Azuma

ORCID: 0000-0003-3625-5729 · 2 papers in corpus
article 2020
The Annals of thoracic surgery ·doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.12.085

A 41-year-old woman was admitted with a recurrent pneumothorax coincident with menstruation 2 months after a first occurrence. Video-assisted thoracic surgery was performed for definitive diagnosis and pneumothorax treatment. Bluish diaphra…

review 2017
·doi:10.21037/vats.2017.10.01

Catamenial pneumothorax is an uncommon form of pneumothorax in women of reproductive age (1); it is strongly related to endometriosis and menses. Diaphragmatic changes, such as holes or endometrial implants, were features in patients with c…