title: Resection of pulmonary endometriosis using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery under preoperative CT-guided marking.
abstract: Pulmonary endometriosis is a gynecological disorder in which endometrial tissue grows outside of the uterine cavity. Usually, the ectopic implants are located in the pelvis and manifest as dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, or infertility. Pulmonary endometriosis sometimes occurs in the pleurae and can result in catamenial pneumothorax; however, true pulmonary endometriosis, tissue growing in the lung itself, is rare. We report a 22-year-old patient with pulmonary endometriosis and catamenial hemoptysis. Pulmonary endometriosis was proved histologically and treated successfully by wedge resection using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koezuka
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakayama
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan. aiyoda@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iyoda
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Catamenial hemoptysis; Pulmonary endometriosis; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery