Thoracic Endometriosis
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Abstract: A recurrent hemorrhagic pleural effusion in a woman during her reproductive years may be the clinical presentation of thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) . We report here a case of a recurrent bloody right pleural effusion in a young female who had a history of pelvic endometriosis. Thoracic endometriosis with pleural involvement was confirmed by pleural biopsy which showed focal involvement of functional endometrial tissue within the pleura. The patient underwent pleurectomy and talc pleurodesis without recurrence of the pleural fluid. A hemorrhagic pleural effusion due to thoracic endometriosis may mimic other conditions including pulmonary thromboembolism, trauma, malignancy, tuberculosis, and others. Thoracic endometriosis should be in the differential diagnosis of a bloody pleural effusion in women of childbearing age, particularly in a patient with an established diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis.
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