{"paper_id":"3b575a95-132d-476c-87bf-7b9b44d9c9e2","body_text":"Case Reports\nVideo-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Catamenial Hemoptysis: the Rationale of Preoperative Computed Tomography-guided Hook-wire Localization\n- Yin-Kai Chao\n- Po-Jen Ko\n- Kee-Min Yeow\n- Yun-Hen Liu\nSurgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 16(6):p 437-438, December 2006. | DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000213729.57462.c7\nCatamenial hemoptysis is a rare disease. Hormone ablation therapy is the treatment of choice with multiple side effects. We report a case of pulmonary endometriosis with deep and changeable focus. Successful treatment was obtained with the combine use of computed tomography-guided hook-wire localization and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Owing to benign and curable in nature, we suggest a more aggressive attitude toward this disease before proceeding to hormone ablation therapy. The role of preoperative localization in the management of such disease was also discussed.\nCopyright © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.","source_license":"public-domain-us","license_restricted":false}