Catamenial pneumothorax revealing diaphragmatic endometriosis: a case report and revue of literature

Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is a rare entity of spontaneous, recurring pneumothorax in women. We aim to discuss the etiology, clinical course, and surgical treatment of a 42-year-old woman with CP. This patient had a right-sided spontaneous pneumothoraces occurred one week after menses. She had und...

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Published inThe Pan African medical journal Vol. 27; no. 112; p. 112
Main Authors Aissa, Sana, Benzarti, Wafa, Alimi, Faouzi, Gargouri, Imen, Salem, Halima Ben, Aissa, Amène, Fathallah, Khadija, Abdelkade, Atef Ben, Alouini, Rafika, Garrouche, Abdelhamid, Hayoun, Abdelaziz, Abdelghani, Ahmed, Benzarti, Mohamed
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
The African Field Epidemiology Network
The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects
Adult
Case Report
Case reports
catamenial pneumothorax
Diaphragm - pathology
Diaphragm - surgery
endometriosis
Endometriosis - complications
Endometriosis - diagnosis
Endometriosis - surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - agonists
Humans
Pneumothorax - diagnosis
Pneumothorax - etiology
Pneumothorax - surgery
Recurrence
surgical treatment
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
endometriosis
Catamenial pneumothorax
surgical treatment
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Summary:Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is a rare entity of spontaneous, recurring pneumothorax in women. We aim to discuss the etiology, clinical course, and surgical treatment of a 42-year-old woman with CP. This patient had a right-sided spontaneous pneumothoraces occurred one week after menses. She had under-gone video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) because of a persistent air leak under chest tube. VATS revealed multiple diaphragmatic fenestrations with an upper right nodule. Defects were removed and a large part of the diaphragm was resected. Pleural abrasion was then performed over the diaphragm. Diaphragmatic endometriosis was confirmed by microscopic examination. Medical treatment with GnRH agonists was prescribed, and after recovery, the patient has been symptoms free for 20 months.
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ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2017.27.112.8007