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Histopathological diagnosis of endobronchial endometriosis treated with argon laser
Author(s) -
OZVARAN Mustafa K.,
BARAN Reha,
SOĞUKPMAR ÖZlem,
UZMAN ÖZlem,
ŞAHIN Kahraman,
KOCADELIOGLU Inci,
AKSOY Ferda,
ALTUN Sedat
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.1440-1843.2006.00848.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , asymptomatic , endometriosis , lesion , radiology , argon plasma coagulation , histopathological examination , diverticulum (mollusc) , biopsy , endoscopy , surgery , pathology
The authors present a case of endobronchial endometriosis with catamenial haemoptysis. The lesion was diagnosed as endobronchial endometriosis based on histopathological examination of a bronchial biopsy from the right second carina. Fibreoptic bronchoscopic examination revealed a tiny hyperaemic submucosal area with bleeding and a brown‐coloured diverticulum at bottom of this lesion encompassing a 2‐cm 2 area at the right second carina. Multiplanar reconstructions of a spiral CT scan revealed a 0.5‐cm lesion that looked like a diverticulum at the right second carina. The patient was treated with argon laser at bronchoscopy. Following treatment, the patient has been asymptomatic with no recurrence of haemoptysis.