Catamenial hemoptysis: a case report and review of the literature.

G. Gary Guidry, G G Guidry, Guidry GG, R B George, George RB, D K Payne, Payne DK, D. Keith Payne
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society · 1990 · vol. 142(11) , pp. 27–30 · PMID:2262740 · W2409482308
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This case report describes a woman with catamenial hemoptysis and lung densities that fluctuated with her menstrual cycle, suggesting pulmonary endometriosis without the need for bronchoscopy if clinical and CT findings are characteristic.

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Abstract

A young woman with catamenial hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain is reported. She had two living children and had undergone three abortions and a tubal ligation followed by menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed no abnormalities, but computed tomograms of the chest revealed bilateral lung densities, which waxed and waned during the menstrual cycle. When characteristic clinical and CT findings are present, bronchoscopy is not necessary for the diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis.

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endometriosisdysmenorrhea

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Endometriosis Hemoptysis Lung Neoplasms Menstruation Adult Endometriosis Female Hemoptysis Humans Lung Neoplasms Recurrence

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