title: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome: CT and MRI features.
abstract: Thoracic endometriosis is considered to be rare, but is the most frequent form of extra-abdominopelvic endometriosis. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome affects women of reproductive age. Diagnosis is mainly based on clinical findings, which can include catamenial pneumothorax and haemothorax, non-catamenial endometriosis-related pneumothorax, catamenial haemoptysis, lung nodules, and isolated catamenial chest pain. Symptoms are typically cyclical and recurrent, with a right-sided predominance. Computed tomography (CT) is the first-line imaging method, but is poorly specific; therefore, its main role is to rule out other pulmonary diseases. However, in women with a typical clinical history, some key CT findings may help to confirm this often under-diagnosed syndrome. MRI can also assist with the diagnosis, by showing signal changes typical of haemorrhage within diaphragmatic or pleural lesions.
authors: Radiology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France. Electronic address: roussetpascal@gmail.com.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Rousset
authors: Gynecologic Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Rousset-Jablonski
authors: Thoracic Surgery Department, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Alifano
authors: Pathology Department, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Mansuet-Lupo
authors: Radiology Department, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors: J-N
authors: JN
authors: Buy
authors: Radiology Department, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors: M-P
authors: MP
authors: Revel
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed