MRI features of pleural endometriosis after catamenial haemothorax

Picozzi, Giulia; Beccani, Davide; Innocenti, F.; Grazzini, Maddalena; Mascalchi, Mario

doi:10.1136/bcr.2006.071415

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“…MRI is superior to chest CT in detecting TE [7]. It demonstrates a hyperintense lesion of endometriosis on T1- and T2-weighted images [17]. In our case, a CT scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis was performed.…”

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A case report of thoracic endometriosis – A rare cause of haemothorax

Pankratjevaitė

Samiatina-Morkūnienė

2017

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

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HighlightsThe diagnosis of thoracic endometriosis is complicated, because it has no specific symptoms and signs, and often delayed. TES should be suspected in a reproductive age woman with exacerbating symptoms during the menstruation.TES treatment should be started with medicine. If medical therapy fails, surgical treatment should be performed.Our case report shows that TES may be the cause of dangerous situation when an urgent operation must be performed. It is the first case of TES that has required urgent surgical treatment in our hospital in past fifteen years. Not all clinicians know that TES sometimes might complicate to pneumothorax or massive bleeding, which might cost a patient’s life. We suggest performing VATS as soon as possible for reproductive age woman with unknown aetiology of pneumothorax or haemothorax to find out the lesions in pleural cavity and start appropriate treatment on time.

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confidence: 69%