RECURRENT ENDOMETRIOSIS-ASSOCIATED PNEUMOTHORAX: CAUSES AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES

The current definition of endometriosis is described as the presence of endometrioid tissue outside the uterus [10]. To establish a clinical diagnosis, foci of endometriosis are visualised, in particular through laparoscopic or thoracoscopic accesses, and pathological verification is performed. The complexity of such verification leads to problems in determining its prevalence, so its rates remain unclear. According to Shafrir et al. (2018), this value varies from 2-11% in women with no complaints to 5-21% among those hospitalised with pelvic pain [7].