Rare case of thoracic endometriosis presenting with lung nodules and pneumothorax

Jessica Gates, Akhilesh Sharma, Arunesh Kumar
BMJ case reports · 2018 · vol. 2018 , pp. bcr–2018 · doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-224181 · PMID:29525761 · W2794112913
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This case report describes a 34-year-old woman diagnosed with thoracic endometriosis after presenting with breathlessness, lung nodules, and pneumothorax requiring surgical intervention.

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Abstract

We present the case of a 34-year-old Nigerian woman who was referred to the Respiratory team with a 12-month history of breathlessness. She was concurrently being investigated for an abdominal mass and rectal and vaginal bleeding. Consequently, she underwent cross-sectional imaging of her chest, abdomen and pelvis, revealing a small right-sided pneumothorax and right lower lobe pleural-based lesion. Shortly thereafter, she was admitted to the hospital with chest pain and required chest drain insertion. This partially treated her pneumothorax but she required referral to a cardiothoracic centre for definitive diagnosis and to manage her non-resolving pneumothorax. Biopsies from the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery confirmed the very rare diagnosis of thoracic endometriosis.

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mesh:D004715endometriosisthoracic_endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Lung Neoplasms Pneumothorax Thorax Adult Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Lung Neoplasms Lung Neoplasms Lung Neoplasms Pneumothorax Pneumothorax Pneumothorax Positron-Emission Tomography Positron-Emission Tomography Rare Diseases

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