Pulmonary endometriosis resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Catamenial haemoptysis is a rare condition caused by thoracic endometriosis that presents as tracheobronchial or pulmonary endometriosis. The authors report a 31-year-old woman with a 1-year history of catamenial haemoptysis, which was diagnosed by chest CT scan during menses and treated successfully by means of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery of the solitary pulmonary lesion. There was no evidence of recurrence 6 months after the operation. The authors suggest that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is an effective therapy for catamenial haemoptysis caused by localized peripheral pulmonary endometriosis.
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. bfspark@medimail.co.kr
Yong Bum
YB
Park
Gyeong Mi
GM
Heo
Han Kok
HK
Moon
Seong Jin
SJ
Cho
Yoon Cheol
YC
Shin
Kwang-Seok
KS
Eom
Cheol Hong
CH
Kim
Jae Young
JY
Lee
Eun Kyung
EK
Mo
Ki-Suck
KS
Jung
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed