title: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome is the presence of endometrial tissue in or around the lung. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome consists of four distinct clinical entities: catamenial pneumothorax, catamenial hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome is a rare and complex condition, and diagnosis is often delayed or missed by clinicians, which can result in recurrent hospitalizations and other complications. Current treatments include hormone therapy and, where warranted, surgical intervention. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman with endometriosis causing bowel obstruction and concurrent catamenial pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Resident in Internal Medicine at the Santa Clara Medical Center in CA. pazizad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Azizad-Pinto
authors.affiliation: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine; a Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine at Dunedin Hospital in New Zealand; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago School of Medicine in Dunedin, New Zealand; and a Hospitalist at the Santa Clara Medical Center in CA. davidclarkemd@mac.com.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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