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Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report
Pelvic pain is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED). For female patients, endometriosis can be difficult to diagnose and can have life-threatening complications if missed. In this case report, we present a case of a patient initially presenting to the ED with a few days of crampy l...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602109 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42193 |
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description | Pelvic pain is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED). For female patients, endometriosis can be difficult to diagnose and can have life-threatening complications if missed. In this case report, we present a case of a patient initially presenting to the ED with a few days of crampy lower abdominal pain. After initial imaging, she was found to have a large pelvic hematoma with concern for active extravasation and a large hemothorax. After further evaluation, she was suspected of having endometriosis leading to thoracic endometriosis and a catamenial pneumothorax. Although endometriosis is not typically an emergent diagnosis, the complications of significant endometrial tissue spread can cause life-threatening impacts. Clinicians should consider complications of endometriosis in females of menstruating age. |
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spelling | pubmed-104397672023-08-20 Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report Rometti, Mary Patti, Laryssa Cureus Emergency Medicine Pelvic pain is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED). For female patients, endometriosis can be difficult to diagnose and can have life-threatening complications if missed. In this case report, we present a case of a patient initially presenting to the ED with a few days of crampy lower abdominal pain. After initial imaging, she was found to have a large pelvic hematoma with concern for active extravasation and a large hemothorax. After further evaluation, she was suspected of having endometriosis leading to thoracic endometriosis and a catamenial pneumothorax. Although endometriosis is not typically an emergent diagnosis, the complications of significant endometrial tissue spread can cause life-threatening impacts. Clinicians should consider complications of endometriosis in females of menstruating age. Cureus 2023-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10439767/ /pubmed/37602109 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42193 Text en Copyright © 2023, Rometti et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Rometti, Mary Patti, Laryssa Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report |
title | Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report |
title_full | Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report |
title_short | Catamenial Pneumothorax in a Patient with Endometriosis: A Case Report |
title_sort | catamenial pneumothorax in a patient with endometriosis: a case report |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602109 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42193 |
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