Pulmonary Endometriosis

Ki Joong Kim, Yoon Hyung Cho, Byeong Kee Choi, Eui‐Young Choi, Yoon Soo Chang, Hyung Jung Kim, Chul‐Min Ahn, Chul Min Ahn, Sang-Ho Cho, Jin A Rhu
In: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases · 1999 · vol. 47(3) , pp. 389 · doi:10.4046/trd.1999.47.3.389 · W3185181199
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This case report details a successful basal segmentectomy for pulmonary endometriosis in a 25-year-old woman presenting with catamenial hemoptysis.

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This case report describes a 25-year-old woman presenting with catamenial hemoptysis, where recurrent bleeding was temporally associated with her menstrual cycle. Diagnostic imaging and bronchoscopy localized the lesion, leading to a basal segmentectomy of the right lower lobe for definitive treatment. Histopathological examination of the resected tissue confirmed the presence of endometrial stroma and glands within the lung parenchyma, establishing a diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis. The patient experienced an uneventful recovery with no recurrence of symptoms during a six-month follow-up period. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically the rare thoracic manifestation known as pulmonary endometriosis.

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Endometriosis is defined as an extrauterine growth of endometrial tissue and it is primarily limited in the pelvis but it can also occur in the pleural cavity as well as pulmonary parenchyme. The diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis is usually based on the clinical history of recurrent hemoptysis in association with menstrual cycle and by histopathologic confirmation of endometrial tissue in the lung parenchyme. Pulmonary endometriosis was first reported by Lattes in 1956. and dozens of cases have been reported so far. We experienced a case of 25 year old single woman with a history of hemoptysis in association with her menstruation. The bleeding focus was localized with chest CT scan and repeated fibrooptic bronchoscopy and basal segmentectomy of the right lower lobe was performed. The resected specimen shows endometrial stroma and glands of early proliferative phase with respiratory epithelium on the laterobasal bronchus. Her postoperative course was uneventful with no recurrence of hemoptysis during 6 months of follow-up in the outpatient clinic.
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YUHASpace Repository 321 499 Cited 0 times in Cited 1 times in 폐 자궁내막 증식증 1예 - Other Titles - Pulmonary Endometriosis - Authors - 김기중 ; 조윤형 ; 최병기 ; 최의영 ; 장윤수 ; 김형중 ; 안철민 ; 조상호 ; 유진아 - Citation - Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (결핵 및 호흡기질환), Vol.47(3) : 389-393, 1999 - Journal Title - TUBERCULOSIS AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES(결핵 및 호흡기질환) - ISSN - 0378-006 - Issue Date - 1999 - Keywords - Pulmonary endometriosis ; Histopathologic confirmation - Abstract - Endometriosis is defined as an extrauterine growth of endometrial tissue and it is primarily limited in the pelvis but it can also occur in the pleural cavity as well as pulmonary parenchyme. The diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis is usually based on the clinical history of recurrent hemoptysis in association with menstrual cycle and by histopathologic confirmation of endometrial tissue in the lung parenchyme. Pulmonary endometriosis was first reported by Lattes in 1956. and dozens of cases have been reported so far. We experienced a case of 25 year old single woman with a history of hemoptysis in association with her menstruation. The bleeding focus was localized with chest CT scan and repeated fibrooptic bronchoscopy and basal segmentectomy of the right lower lobe was performed. The resected specimen shows endometrial stroma and glands of early proliferative phase with respiratory epithelium on the laterobasal bronchus. Her postoperative course was uneventful with no recurrence of hemoptysis during 6 months of follow-up in the outpatient clinic. - Files in This Item: - T199903023.pdf Download - Appears in Collections: - 1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers - Yonsei Authors - Chang, Yoon Soo(장윤수) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3340-4223 Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

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