Pneumoperitoneum associated with catamenial pneumothorax in women with thoracic endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 930.e19-930.e22

  Jablonski, Christine ^a,b,c   Alifano, Marco ^a,b,c   Regnard, Jean François ^a,b,c   Gompel, Anne ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Catamenial pneumothorax; diaphragmatic perforations; pneumoperitoneum; thoracic endometriosis

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; GESTAGEN; LYNESTRENOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL PNEUMOTHORAX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURECTOMY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR VOLUME; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

EID: 61349159898     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.071     Document Type: Article

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