Thoracic endometriosis: an unusual cause of hemothorax.

Roland El Ghazal, Thomas Fabian, Zareen A Ahmed, E Moritz, Ernest D Moritz
Connecticut medicine · 2009 · vol. 73(8) , pp. 453–6 · PMID:19777977 · W2402691374
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This report details a 45-year-old woman whose right-sided hemothorax and lung nodules were diagnosed as thoracic endometriosis, successfully treated with surgery and pleurodesis.

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Abstract

In this report we describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of a 45-year-old woman with thoracic endometriosis. Four clinical presentations have been described. The majority have presented with catamenial pneumothorax, followed by hemothorax, hemoptysis and lung nodules. Our patient presented with right-sided hemothorax and lung nodules. Video-assisted thoracoscopic aurgery confirmed the presence of endometrial tissue embedded in the diaphragmatic pleura. Talc pleurodesis alongwith atotal abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy led to a clinical and radiological resolution.

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mesh:D004715endometriosisthoracic_endometriosis

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Endometriosis Hemothorax Thoracic Diseases Drainage Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Glucocorticoids Glucocorticoids Hemothorax Hemothorax Hemothorax Humans Middle Aged Pleura Pleura Prednisone Prednisone Thoracic Diseases

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