Endometriosis with dyspnea – is it possible?

Knap Joanna, Klimek Monika, Masternak Marta, Reda Mateusz. Endometriosis with dyspnea – is it possible? Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(9):1142-1146. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3464361 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7542 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 25.08.2019. Revised: 31.08.2019. Accepted: 22.09.2019. Endometriosis with dyspnea – is it possible? Joanna Knap, Monika Klimek, Marta Masternak, Mateusz Reda Joanna Knap, [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0003-3157-8641 Doctoral program, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Żwirki i Wigury 61 Street, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland Monika Klimek, [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0002-3849-4654 Doctoral program, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Marta Masternak, [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0001-5947-7610 Doctoral program, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Mateusz Reda, [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0003-1184-7787 Otolaryngology Head and Neck Department, Wyszynski Voivodship Specialist Hospital in Lublin, Poland ABSTRACT Dyspnea is defined by American Thoracic Society as a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consist of qualitatively distinct sensation that vary in intensity. As a pulmonary symptom, it is rarely associated with pathology of the reproductive organs. However, shortness of breath can be the first sign of endometriosis. The entity known as thoracic endometriosis syndrome is a manifestation of endometriosis, within the lung parenchyma or on the diaphragm and pleural surface. This includes catamenial pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. KEY WORDS: dyspnea, endometriosis, thoracic endometriosis syndrome