Diaphragmatic pain in pulmonary endometriosis.
The diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis is difficult and requires a high index of suspicion in patients with pelvic endometriosis. We have reported a case in which a history of periscapular pain associated with menses proved useful in delineating the cause of the hemothorax.
Griffith
R D
RD
Department of Internal Medicine, Baptist Medical Center Montclair, Birmingham, Ala. 35213.
Sedlak
J B
JB
Little
W P
WP
D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology