Delayed lung expansion after decortication in a case of trapped lung resulting from catamenial haemothorax

Matthew I Miller; Amanda C Meister; Virginia R Litle; Kei Suzuki

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivz266

Delayed lung expansion after decortication in a case of trapped lung resulting from catamenial haemothorax

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar 1;30(3):493-494. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivz266.

Authors

Matthew I Miller¹, Amanda C Meister¹, Virginia R Litle¹, Kei Suzuki¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 31691801
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivz266

Abstract

Herein, we report the case of a 35-year-old female with a trapped right lung secondary to catamenial haemothorax. Following surgical decortication, re-expansion of the lung was not observed until postoperative day 81. This delay represents a heretofore unencountered complication that should be considered in the surgical management of catamenial haemothorax due to thoracic endometriosis syndrome.

Keywords: Catamenial haemothorax; Thoracic endometriosis; Trapped lung.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Endometriosis / complications*
Female
Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging
Hemothorax / etiology*
Hemothorax / surgery*
Humans
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
Pneumothorax / etiology*
Pneumothorax / surgery*
Syndrome

Supplementary concepts

Catamenial pneumothorax