イチキ　ヨシノブ   ICHIKI Yoshinobu   市来　嘉伸    所属   埼玉医科大学  医学部 国際医療センター　呼吸器外科    職種   専任講師
論文種別	学術雑誌(原著)
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読なし
表題	Surgical treatment of catamenial pneumothorax: Report of three cases.
掲載誌名	正式名：Asian journal of surgery
巻・号・頁	38(3),180-5頁
著者・共著者	Yoshinobu Ichiki,Akira Nagashima,Manabu Yasuda,Mitsuhiro Takenoyama,Satoshi Toyoshima
発行年月	2015/07
概要	Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is a rare entity of spontaneous, recurring pneumothorax in females. Although it has been known to be associated with thoracic endometriosis, varying clinical course and the lack of consistent intraoperative findings have led to conflicting etiological theories. We herein discuss the etiology, clinical course, and surgical treatment of three patients with CP. Three females (aged 40 years, 28 years, and 34 years) had recurrent right-sided spontaneous pneumothoraces that coincided with their menses. They had undergone video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) previously. Blueberry spots in the right diaphragm were detected in all three cases. Two patients had recurrence, postoperatively. The other patient, who received luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog therapy for an abdominal endometriosis in the perioperative period and postoperative chemical pleurodesis to prevent recurrence, has been free of recurrence for 15 months, postoperatively. However, pelvic endometriosis was detected in this patient only. Therefore, CP should be suspected in ovulating females with spontaneous pneumothorax, even in the absence of any symptoms associated with pelvic
DOI	10.1016/j.asjsur.2013.09.014
PMID	24210539