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.
Park
Yong Bum
YB
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. bfspark@medimail.co.kr
Heo
Gyeong Mi
GM
Moon
Han Kok
HK
Cho
Seong Jin
SJ
Shin
Yoon Cheol
YC
Eom
Kwang-Seok
KS
Kim
Cheol Hong
CH
Lee
Jae Young
JY
Mo
Eun Kyung
EK
Jung
Ki-Suck
KS
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