title: Diaphragmatic endometriosis: diagnosis and surgical management--a case report.
abstract: Endometriosis has been observed in 8 to 15% of the women of reproductive age. Occasionally it can be found outside the pelvis, its usual location. Rather exceptionally it is located on the diaphragm. A case report of preoperatively diagnosed bilateral diaphragmatic endometriosis is presented and its surgical treatment will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departments of General Surgery and Traumatology, A.Z. Imelda, Bonheiden, Belgium.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wolthuis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aelvoet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bosteels
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vanrijkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000601:surgery*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods