Definition: Spontaneous, recurrent pneumothorax in women of reproductive age, occurring in temporal relationship with menses
Caused by endometriosis of the pleura
3-6% of pneumothoraxes in women
A form of thoracic endometriosis syndrome
Catamenial pneumothorax
Tension pneumothorax
Traumatic pneumothorax
Spontaneous pneumothorax
Hemothorax
Chylothorax
Iatrogenic pneumothorax
Pulmonary contusion