title: Catamenial hemoptysis treated by video-assisted thoracic surgery: report of a case.
abstract: A 22-year-old woman presenting with repetitive hemoptysis was clinically diagnosed based on the fact that her symptoms corresponded with her menstruation cycle. Computed tomography revealed a specifically localized opacity in the right middle lobe of the lung at the time of each episode of hemoptysis. Following a right middle lobectomy, which was performed under video thoracoscopy, the symptoms subsided. We also briefly herein review the 73 similar cases with catamenial hemoptysis that have been reported since 1956.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Fumihiro
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osoegawa
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008598:Menstruation; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult