Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · ISSN (e) 1816-5370 · 2 papers in corpus
article 2007
doi:10.1177/021849230701500317 ·PMID:17540999

Catamenial pneumothorax is a recurrent pneumothorax temporally associated with menstruation. Pathogenesis remains debated however pleural endometriosis or diaphragmatic abnormalities are almost always present. We report the case of a 35-yea…

article 2005
doi:10.1177/021849230501300317 ·PMID:16113003

Catamenial pneumothorax, a variant of spontaneous pneumothorax occurs exclusively in women of menstrual age. Catamenial pneumothorax is associated with a high rate of recurrence. The etiology and pathogenesis is enigmatic. We describe the c…