title: MRI features of pleural endometriosis after catamenial haemothorax.
abstract: A 43-year-old multiparous woman with a history of pelvic endometriosis and myocardial infarction presented with acute onset of right hemithorax pain and dyspnoea coinciding with dysmenorrhoeic menstruation. A chest CT confirmed the presence of a right hydropneumothorax which was drained. A video-assisted thoracoscopy was unremarkable but at a subsequent menses, an MRI chest demonstrated a lesion in the right costophrenic angle. The patient underwent a hysterectomy and oophorectomy for treatment of endometriosis. Six months later, she was free of thoracic symptoms and a repeat MRI scan showed resolution of the right pleural abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Radiodiagnostic Section, Department of Clinical Physiopathology University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Picozzi
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beccani
authors.forename: Florio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Innocenti
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grazzini
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mascalchi