Endometriosis of the lung: report of a case
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This report describes a fourth case of pulmonary endometriosis and reviews recent literature, proposing embolization of endometrial tissue as the cause of extrapelvic endometriosis.
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A fourth case of pulmonary endometriosis is described and the more recent literature on the subject is briefly reviewed. The author believes that extrapelvic endometriosis is the result of embolization of endometrial tissue.
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- Endometriosis in Distant Sites 2004
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- Successful endoscopic Nd-YAG laser treatment of endobronchial endometriosis 2003
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for catamenial hemoptysis 2001
- A case of endobronchial endometriosis treated by subsegmentectomy 1999
- Thoracic endometriosis syndrome: new observations from an analysis of 110 cases 1996
- A reappraisal of the coelomic metaplasia theory by reviewing endometriosis occurring in unusual sites and instances 1991
- Catamenial haemoptysis from endobronchial endometriosis--a case report and review of previously reported cases 1990
- Pulmonary endometriosis 1985
- Thoracic endometriosis: a review and report of two cases 1981
- Bronchial endometriosis and bronchiectasis. A possible relationship 1978
- Surgical Induction of Endometriosis 1978
- Malignancy arising in extragonadal endometriosis: a case report and summary of the world literature 1977
- Endometriosis of the small intestine, producing intestinal obstruction or simulating neoplasm 1974
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