{"paper_id":"1f573d12-7b5f-4939-8408-565c843aab53","body_text":"Abstract\nPulmonary endometriosis is a gynecological disorder in which endometrial tissue grows outside of the uterine cavity. Usually, the ectopic implants are located in the pelvis and manifest as dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, or infertility. Pulmonary endometriosis sometimes occurs in the pleurae and can result in catamenial pneumothorax; however, true pulmonary endometriosis, tissue growing in the lung itself, is rare. We report a 22-year-old patient with pulmonary endometriosis and catamenial hemoptysis. Pulmonary endometriosis was proved histologically and treated successfully by wedge resection using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nChannabasavaiah AD, Joseph JV. Thoracic endometriosis: revisiting the association between clinical presentation and thoracic pathology based on thoracoscopic findings in 110 patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2010;89:183–8.\nHuang H, Li C, Zarogoulidis P, Darwiche K, Machairiotis N, Yang L, et al. Endometriosis of the lung: report of a case and literature review. Eur J Med Res. 2013;18:13.\nPark YB, Heo GM, Moon HK, Cho SJ, Shin YC, Eom KS, et al. Pulmonary endometriosis resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Respirology. 2006;11:221–3.\nFlieder DB, Moran CA, Travis WD, Koss MN, Mark EJ. Pleuro-pulmonary endometriosis and pulmonary ectopic deciduosis: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 10 cases with emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls. Hum Pathol. 1998;29:1495–503.\nJoseph J, Sahn S. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome: new observations from an analysis of 110 cases. Am J Med. 1996;100:164–70.\nFoster DC, Stern JL, Buscema J, Rock JA, Woodruff JD. Pleural and parenchymal pulmonary endometriosis. Obstet Gynecol. 1981;58:552–6.\nHaruki T, Fujioka S, Adachi Y, Miwa K, Taniguchi Y, Nakamura H. Successful video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary endometriosis: report of a case. Surg Today. 2007;37:141–4.\nBagan P, Le Pimpec Barthes F, Assouad J, Souilamas R, Riquet M. Catamenial pneumothorax: retrospective study of surgical treatment. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003;75:378–81.\nScarfone G, Bergamini A, Noli S, Villa A, Cipriani S, Taccagni G, et al. Characteristics of clear cell ovarian cancer arising from endometriosis: a two center cohort study. Gynecol Oncol. 2014;133:480–4.\nCiriaco P, Negri G, Puglisi A, Nicoletti R, Del Maschio A, Zannini P. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary nodules: rationale for preoperative computed tomography-guided hookwire localization. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004;25:429–33.\nChao YK, Ko PJ, Yeow KM, Liu YH. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for catamenial hemoptysis: the rationale of preoperative computed tomography-guided hook-wire localization. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2006;16:437–8.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nCorresponding author\nEthics declarations\nConflict of interest\nThe authors declare that no conflicts of interest exist.\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nFuruya, K., Otsuka, H., Koezuka, S. et al. Resection of pulmonary endometriosis using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery under preoperative CT-guided marking. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 65, 175–178 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0607-y\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nPublished:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0607-y","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}