SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS OF CATAMENIAL PNEUMOTHORAX WITH GNRH AGONIST

Authors
LOLIS D ADONAKIS G KONTOSTOLIS E PNEUMATIKOS J MALAMOUMITSI V
Citation
D. Lolis et al., SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS OF CATAMENIAL PNEUMOTHORAX WITH GNRH AGONIST, Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 256(3), 1995, pp. 163-166
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320067
Volume
256
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
163 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0067(1995)256:3<163:SCTOCP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A thirty four year old woman with recurrent catamenial pneumothorax is described. Pleural endometriosis was suspected and cytologic examinat ion of fluid drained from the right pleural cavity showed glandular ce ll clusters of probable endometrial origin. The patient received a lon g-acting GnRH agonist (Triptorelin-Arvekap-Ipsen) 3.75 mg/month I.M. f or nine months and remains asymptomatic with regular periods 12 months after discontinuing the treatment.