Recurrent Unilateral Hemorrhagic Pleural Effusion: A Rare Manifestation of Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome

Unilateral recurrent pleural effusions are commonly encountered in critical care practice. Relevant clinical history, physical examination, radiology, and diagnostic thoracentesis usually identify the cause of pleural effusion in most cases. Thoracoscopy or video-assisted thoracic surgery may be req...

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Autores principales: Dogra, Neeti, Luthra, Ankur, Chauhan, Rajiv, Bajaj, Ritika, Gourav, Kalla Prasad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33109818
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_17_19
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Sumario:Unilateral recurrent pleural effusions are commonly encountered in critical care practice. Relevant clinical history, physical examination, radiology, and diagnostic thoracentesis usually identify the cause of pleural effusion in most cases. Thoracoscopy or video-assisted thoracic surgery may be required in selective cases. We report a case of 32-year-old female with recurrent unilateral hemorrhagic pleural effusion that was the presenting feature of thoracic endometriosis syndrome.

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