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Catamenial hemoptysis. Diagnosis with MRI.
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Catamenial hemoptysis. Diagnosis with MRI.

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  • 1997-05-01
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  • Chest. - 1997
Adult
Bronchoscopy
Contrast Media
Endometriosis
Endoscopy
Female
Gadolinium
Gadolinium DTPA
Hemoptysis
Humans
Lung Diseases
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Menstruation
Organometallic Compounds
Pentetic Acid
Pneumonectomy
Thoracoscopy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Video Recording
English Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disorder. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman with a 4-year history of catamenial hemoptysis due to thoracic endometriosis which was diagnosed by MRI and treated successfully by means of video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge-resection of the solitary pulmonary lesion. Medical therapy with hormones was not necessary. There is no evidence of recurrence 10 months after the operation. This case demonstrates that MRI of the chest may be considered for the diagnostic work-up of patients with catamenial hemoptysis. It also shows that wedge-resection of pulmonary endometriosis foci by means of video-assisted thoracoscopy-an approach that has not been described in the literature thus far-is an effective therapy in localized peripheral pulmonary parenchymal endometriosis.
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