Catamenial hemoptysis treated by video-assisted thoracic surgery: report of a case

Yuichiro Nakashima; Fumihiro Shoji; Atsushi Osoegawa; Ichiro Yoshino; Yoshihiko Maehara

doi:10.1007/s00595-010-4343-8

Catamenial hemoptysis treated by video-assisted thoracic surgery: report of a case

Yuichiro Nakashima, Fumihiro Shoji, Atsushi Osoegawa, Ichiro Yoshino, Yoshihiko Maehara

Surgery today · 2011 · doi:10.1007/s00595-010-4343-8 · PMID:21533945

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This case report describes a successful right middle lobectomy via video-assisted thoracic surgery for catamenial hemoptysis and reviews 73 previously reported cases.

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This paper describes a 22-year-old woman with repetitive hemoptysis whose attacks were clinically linked to her menstrual cycle, suggesting catamenial hemoptysis. CT imaging showed a localized opacity in the right middle lobe during episodes, and she underwent right middle lobectomy via video-assisted thoracic surgery, after which the hemoptysis subsided. The authors also briefly review 73 previously reported similar cases of catamenial hemoptysis since 1956. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it is a case of catamenial hemoptysis due to pulmonary endometriosis treated with VATS lobectomy.

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A 22-year-old woman presenting with repetitive hemoptysis was clinically diagnosed based on the fact that her symptoms corresponded with her menstruation cycle. Computed tomography revealed a specifically localized opacity in the right middle lobe of the lung at the time of each episode of hemoptysis. Following a right middle lobectomy, which was performed under video thoracoscopy, the symptoms subsided. We also briefly herein review the 73 similar cases with catamenial hemoptysis that have been reported since 1956.

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Endometriosis Hemoptysis Lung Diseases Menstruation Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Hemoptysis Humans Lung Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult

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