Heart, lung & circulation

Heart Lung Circ · ISSN (e) 1444-2892 · 1 paper in corpus

review 2019

Catamenial Pneumothorax, a Commonly Misdiagnosed Thoracic Condition: Multicentre Experience and Audit of a Small Case Series With Review of the Literature

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2019.01.012 ·PMID:30853525

BACKGROUND: Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is an unusual condition affecting premenopausal women and commonly misdiagnosed as simple pneumothorax. It is characterised by its recurrence between the day before and within 72 hours after the onse…