Open AccessA case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion
Author(s) -
Asmita Mehta,
Amit Gupta,
Rajesh Venkitakrishnan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.168097
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , malignancy , endometriosis , tuberculosis , biopsy , surgery , radiology , gynecology , pathology
Endomterisois is usually found in women of child-bearing age. A case is presented of massive right-sided pleural effusion caused by endometriosis. The final diagnosis was made by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy. Physicians should be aware of this potentially treatable cause of pleural effusion having excluded other possibilities such as malignancy and tuberculosis.