Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report

Pleural endometriosis is a rare manifestation of endometriosis that usually presents with catamenial symptoms, with or without complications. Here, we present a case of incidentally discovered pleural involvement of endometriosis in an asymptomatic young female. Pleurocentesis revealed bloody exudat...

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Autores principales: Elsayed, Abdelrahman, Elmarasi, Mohamed, Hamad, Abdulrahman, Habib, Mhd Baraa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10272489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101877
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author Elsayed, Abdelrahman
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description Pleural endometriosis is a rare manifestation of endometriosis that usually presents with catamenial symptoms, with or without complications. Here, we present a case of incidentally discovered pleural involvement of endometriosis in an asymptomatic young female. Pleurocentesis revealed bloody exudative pleural effusion with lymphocytic predominance. Thoracoscopy revealed inflamed parietal pleura, and the biopsy confirmed endometriotic involvement.
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spelling pubmed-102724892023-06-17 Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report Elsayed, Abdelrahman Elmarasi, Mohamed Hamad, Abdulrahman Habib, Mhd Baraa Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Pleural endometriosis is a rare manifestation of endometriosis that usually presents with catamenial symptoms, with or without complications. Here, we present a case of incidentally discovered pleural involvement of endometriosis in an asymptomatic young female. Pleurocentesis revealed bloody exudative pleural effusion with lymphocytic predominance. Thoracoscopy revealed inflamed parietal pleura, and the biopsy confirmed endometriotic involvement. Elsevier 2023-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10272489/ /pubmed/37332848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101877 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report
title_full Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report
title_fullStr Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report
title_short Recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. A case report
title_sort recurrent asymptomatic large pleural effusion due to endometriosis. a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10272489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101877
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