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AbstractThough medical management is the cornerstone of management of pleuropulmonary tuberculosis today, surgery may play a significant collaborative role, both in its diagnosis and in its treatment in well defined clinical scenarios. In d…

Endometriosis is an ectopic implantation of uterine tissue and can affect the thoracic cavity, resulting in Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome (TES). TES is rare and presents with catamenial pneumothorax, haemothorax, and hemoptysis, often coi…

Dear Editor, Catamenial pneumothorax is defined as the pneumothorax occurring between one day prior to and upto 72 h after the onset of menstruation.[1] It is a relatively rare entity and requires a high index of clinical suspicion. Any rep…

Common causes of haemorrhagic pleural effusions include malignancy (primary or metastatic), tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism, collagen vascular diseases, trauma and iatrogenic causes. Clinical history along with pathologic, microbiologic an…

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 t…

BackgroundLung lesions may develop from tissue reactions to known or unknown stimuli and present with different morphological descriptions. The pathogenesis may be induced and maintained by different bioactive substances, of which, the upre…