Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Menstruating Women Has High Recurrence Christopher K. Mehta, MD, Bryan P. Stanifer, MD, Susan Fore-Kosterski, RN, BSN, Colin Gillespie, MD, Anjana Yeldandi, MD, Shari Meyerson, MD, David D. Odell, MD, MMSc, Malcolm M. DeCamp, MD, Ankit Bharat, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 1125-1130 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.069 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) recurrence rate in the study cohort. (A) Overall recurrence in entire study cohort. (B) Recurrence in right- and left-sided PSP. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1125-1130DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.069) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Recurrence in patients clinically diagnosed with catamenial pneumothorax (CP; broken line) compared with patients with no association with menstrual cycle (Non CP; solid line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1125-1130DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.069) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Hemosiderin-laden macrophages and (B) chronic fibrosis suggestive of catamenial pneumothorax. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1125-1130DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.069) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions