title: [Recurring pneumothorax due to traumatic rupture of the diaphragm].
abstract: We present a case where a patient is diagnosed with a traumatic right-sided diaphragmatic rupture ten years after the trauma, after eight incidences of pneumothorax and two thoracoscopic operations. Ten years before the current case, the female patient was the victim of a blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma. In the following years, she had recurrent right-sided pneumothorax and no effect of thoracoscopic surgery. In connection with the third thoracoscopic operation, a right-sided diaphragm lesion was discovered. We believe that part of the syndrome catamenial pneumothorax, where air is thought to pass through the cervix, could explain her condition.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxkirurgisk Afdeling, Rigshospitalet, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. lehnert@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lehnert
authors.forename: Merete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ravn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012421:Rupture; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy