An endometrial nodule in the lung without pelvic endometriosis.
We present a 55-year-old woman with an intrapulmonary nodule diagnosed as pulmonary endometriosis by video-assisted thoracic surgery. Ectopic endometriosis in the parenchyma of the lung is relatively rare, especially in this case, where there was neither pelvic endometriosis nor clinical symptoms.
Shimizu
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Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Nakanishi
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Yoshino
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Yasumoto
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D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014741:Video Recording