Trung Luong Ngoc, Le Viet Huan, Nam Pham Nguyen Thanh, Luan Tran Minh Bao
Department of Thoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, FV Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Khanh Hoa General Hospital, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, 65000, Vietnam.
Radiol Case Rep. 2025 May 8;20(7):3602-3606. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.04.033. eCollection 2025 Jul.
Catamenial pneumothorax is defined as spontaneous, recurrent pneumothorax occurring in women of reproductive age and associated with the menstrual cycle. This condition is rare and challenging to diagnose, despite increasing awareness due to case and series reports in recent years. Here, we present a clinical case of a 47-year-old woman with a history of recurrent right-sided pneumothorax requiring chest drainage multiple times from 2016 to 2022. Her pneumothorax episodes were cyclical, varying in severity. The diagnosis of catamenial pneumothorax was established, and she underwent thoracoscopic surgery to repair the lesions. One year postoperatively, there has been no recurrence of pneumothorax.
月经性气胸被定义为发生在育龄女性、与月经周期相关的自发性复发性气胸。尽管近年来由于病例和系列报道，对此病的认识有所提高，但这种情况仍然罕见且诊断具有挑战性。在此，我们报告一例临床病例，患者为47岁女性，有复发性右侧气胸病史，2016年至2022年期间多次需要胸腔引流。她的气胸发作呈周期性，严重程度各异。确诊为月经性气胸后，她接受了胸腔镜手术修复病变。术后一年，气胸未再复发。
