title: Catamenial hemoptysis: a case report.
abstract: Herein we present a 25-year-old female patient who was admitted with recurrent hemoptysis in menstrual period. At the thorax computed tomography taken during menstruation of patient, diffuse ground glass density and acinar nodules at superior segment of lower lobe at left lung were detected. There was no this findings at the thorax tomography taken in non-menstruation period. Therefore, patient was considered catamenial hemoptysis with clinical and radiological findings. Pulmonary endometriosis is rarely seen disease of the lung, so we are presenting it in the light of the literature knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Bozok Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Yozgat, Türkiye. draylinokur@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.forename: Yavuz Selim
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: İntepe
authors.forename: Halil İbrahim
authors.initials: Hİ
authors.lastname: Serin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008598:Menstruation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed