Catamenial hemoptysis: a case report and review of the literature.
A young woman with catamenial hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain is reported. She had two living children and had undergone three abortions and a tubal ligation followed by menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed no abnormalities, but computed tomograms of the chest revealed bilateral lung densities, which waxed and waned during the menstrual cycle. When characteristic clinical and CT findings are present, bronchoscopy is not necessary for the diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis.
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Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, LSUMS, Shreveport 71130-3932.
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D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008598:Menstruation; D012008:Recurrence