title: Thoracic pulmonary endometriosis: two reports of a rare disease.
abstract: Endometriosis is characterized by the growth of endometrium outside the uterine cavity or myometrium. There is no specific radiologic finding that defines endometriosis. Parenchymal lesions, nodules or blebs are reported in the literature, although this clinical entity is rare. Definitive diagnosis and treatment are often possible with surgery. We report here two cases: a forty-two-year-old female patient with a 2-year history of intermittent hemoptysis associated with her menstrual cycle was diagnosed as having endometriosis and treated via thoracotomy; another 30-year-old female referred to our department due to recurrent pneumothorax caused by underlying endometriosis underwent surgical treatment which revealed endometrial foci on the diaphragm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turquía.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ucvet
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turquía.
authors.forename: Esra Yamansavci
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Sirzai
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turquía.
authors.forename: Funda Cansun
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Yakut
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turquía. Electronic address: banuaktin@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yoldas
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turquía.
authors.forename: Soner
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gursoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D035583:Rare Diseases
keywords: Cirugía; Endometriosis; Hemoptisis; Hemoptysis; Pulmonar; Pulmonary; Surgery