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Pulmonary endometriosis resected by video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Author(s) -
PARK Yong Bum,
HEO Gyeong Mi,
MOON Han Kok,
CHO Seong Jin,
SHIN Yoon Cheol,
EOM KwangSeok,
KIM Cheol Hong,
LEE Jae Young,
MO Eun Kyung,
JUNG KiSuck
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00829.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endometriosis , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery , lesion , radiology , gynecology
Catamenial haemoptysis is a rare condition caused by thoracic endometriosis that presents as tracheobronchial or pulmonary endometriosis. The authors report a 31‐year‐old woman with a 1‐year history of catamenial haemoptysis, which was diagnosed by chest CT scan during menses and treated successfully by means of video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery of the solitary pulmonary lesion. There was no evidence of recurrence 6 months after the operation. The authors suggest that video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery is an effective therapy for catamenial haemoptysis caused by localized peripheral pulmonary endometriosis.