Catamenial haemoptysis: a rare cause.
Since the first report of pulmonary endometriosis as a cause of catamenial haemoptysis all cases have been assumed to be due to pulmonary endometriosis, even in the absence of histopathological proof. A case is presented where the histological findings were of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
Wood
D J
DJ
Department of Medicine, Kings Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield.
Krishnan
K
K
Stocks
P
P
Morgan
E
E
Ward
M J
MJ
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology