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Case Reports
. 2020 Mar 5:30:101036.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101036. eCollection 2020.

Catamenial pneumothorax recurrence due to endometriosis

Kosmas Tsakiridis  1 , Konstantina Triantafilopoulou  1 , George Minadakis  1 , Apostolos Zatagias  1 , Konstantinos Sapalidis  2 , Christoforos Kosmidis  2 , Aris Ioannidis  3 , Konstantinos Romanidis  4 , Panagoula Oikonomou  4 , Christina Sevva  2 , Nikolaos Michalopoulos  2 , Iason Nikolaos Katsios  2 , Alexandru Marian Goganau  5 , Michael Platanas  6 , Anastasios Vagionas  7 , Paul Zarogoulidis  2
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Catamenial pneumothorax recurrence due to endometriosis

Kosmas Tsakiridis et al. Respir Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is considered to be the most common form of thoracic endometriosis syndrome, which also includes catamenial hemothorax, catamenial hemopneumothorax, catamenial hemoptysis, and endometriosis lung nodules. Diagnosis can be hinted by high recurrence rates of lung collapse in a woman of reproductive age with endometriosis. In our case we present a 41 year old woman at the time of the second incidence with a left pneumothorax and holes in the pericardium in the diaphragm location. Laparoscopic evaluation was performed along with video-assisted thoracoscopy and treatment was performed with both techniques.

Keywords: Catamenial pneumothorax (CP); Chest tube; Endometriosis.

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Figures

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Conflicting holes in the left semicircle during thoracoscopy.
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Suture of the diaphragm by thoracoscopic method (VATS).
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During the laparoscopy, the seams in the left semicircle placed in the thoracic surgery are distinguished.
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Confluent holes in the right semicircle are distinguished.
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There are confluent holes in the left hemithorax just below the pericardium.
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Spreading the left hemithorax with biological glue.
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