title: Successful video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary endometriosis: Report of a case.
abstract: Pulmonary endometriosis is a disease in which uterine endometrial cells with stromal components grow in the pulmonary parenchymal tissues or pleura. Surgical resection is considered an effective and radical treatment for pulmonary endometriosis to avoid the adverse effects of long-term hormone therapy in young women of childbearing years with a localized abnormal lesion. We report a case of pulmonary endometriosis with catamenial hemoptysis, an uncommon result of this disease, which was diagnosed histologically and treated successfully by video-assisted thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-machi, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haruki
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Yoshin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed