What we see is not what we get in catamenial haemoptysis.
Catamenial haemoptysis is rare entity, a part of thoracic endometriosis syndrome. We present a young woman who was timely diagnosed, successfully treated using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and pathologically confirmed the case. The change in lung parenchyma over time in the computed tomography is highlighted.
Lu
M-S
MS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Liu
Y-H
YH
Wu
Y-C
YC
Hsieh
M-J
MJ
Liu
H-P
HP
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed