title: [Catamenial pneumothrax treated in portable pneumothorax drainage kit; report of a case].
abstract: A 37-year-old woman visited our hospital for right pneumothorax and was treated using a portable thoracic drainage kit(Thoracic Egg). A month later, she had relapse of right pneumothorax with onset of a menestration. Catamenial pneumothorax was diagnosed clinically and the surgical treatment and a hormone therapy were recommended. But she refused our proposal and desired a treatment using Thoracic Egg again. Thereafter, she relapsed pneumothorax 3 times, and was treated by rest or using Thoracic Egg. A Thoracic Egg was useful for management of spontaneous pneumothorax, but there is no report concerning the catamenial pneumothorax. Thoracic Egg may be a choice of treatment for catamenial pneumothorax of minor or moderate grade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Takarazuka Daiichi Hospital, Takarazuka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Hisayuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andoh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*