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Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report
RATIONALE: Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disorder that can involve airways, pleura and lung parenchyma. It is the most frequent form of extra-abdominopelvic endometriosis. Multiple lung cavitations are a rare feature of thoracic endometriosis. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 46-year-old woman was referred to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027550 |
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author | Mulette, Pauline Jacquet, Amaury Durlach, Anne Papathanassiou, Dimitri Lalire, Paul Graesslin, Olivier Delepine, Gonzague Dury, Sandra Dormoy, Valérian Perotin, Jeanne-Marie Lebargy, François Deslée, Gaëtan Launois, Claire |
author_facet | Mulette, Pauline Jacquet, Amaury Durlach, Anne Papathanassiou, Dimitri Lalire, Paul Graesslin, Olivier Delepine, Gonzague Dury, Sandra Dormoy, Valérian Perotin, Jeanne-Marie Lebargy, François Deslée, Gaëtan Launois, Claire |
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description | RATIONALE: Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disorder that can involve airways, pleura and lung parenchyma. It is the most frequent form of extra-abdominopelvic endometriosis. Multiple lung cavitations are a rare feature of thoracic endometriosis. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 46-year-old woman was referred to our hospital after incidental finding of multiple pulmonary cavitations with surrounding areas of ground glass opacity on a thoraco-abdominal computed tomography-scan performed for abdominal pain. Retrospectively, the patient also reported mild hemoptysis occurring 4 months ago. DIAGNOSES: Positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan revealed moderate and homogeneous [(18)F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) uptake in pulmonary cavitations (maximum standardized uptake value 5.7). The diagnosis of thoracic endometriosis was confirmed by histological examination of surgical resection of a left lower lobe cavitation. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOME: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues associated with add-back therapy was started. Four months after initiating pharmacological treatment, the chest computed tomography-scan showed a dramatic decrease in lung cavitations size. LESSONS: Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disorder requiring a multidisciplinary management including gynaecologist, pulmonologist, radiologist, nuclear physician, pathologist and thoracic surgeon for early diagnosis and treatment. Our case report highlights that an increased (18)F-FDG uptake can be found in thoracic endometriosis syndrome presenting as multiple lung cavitations. |
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spelling | pubmed-85421172021-10-25 Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report Mulette, Pauline Jacquet, Amaury Durlach, Anne Papathanassiou, Dimitri Lalire, Paul Graesslin, Olivier Delepine, Gonzague Dury, Sandra Dormoy, Valérian Perotin, Jeanne-Marie Lebargy, François Deslée, Gaëtan Launois, Claire Medicine (Baltimore) 6700 RATIONALE: Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disorder that can involve airways, pleura and lung parenchyma. It is the most frequent form of extra-abdominopelvic endometriosis. Multiple lung cavitations are a rare feature of thoracic endometriosis. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 46-year-old woman was referred to our hospital after incidental finding of multiple pulmonary cavitations with surrounding areas of ground glass opacity on a thoraco-abdominal computed tomography-scan performed for abdominal pain. Retrospectively, the patient also reported mild hemoptysis occurring 4 months ago. DIAGNOSES: Positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan revealed moderate and homogeneous [(18)F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) uptake in pulmonary cavitations (maximum standardized uptake value 5.7). The diagnosis of thoracic endometriosis was confirmed by histological examination of surgical resection of a left lower lobe cavitation. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOME: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues associated with add-back therapy was started. Four months after initiating pharmacological treatment, the chest computed tomography-scan showed a dramatic decrease in lung cavitations size. LESSONS: Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disorder requiring a multidisciplinary management including gynaecologist, pulmonologist, radiologist, nuclear physician, pathologist and thoracic surgeon for early diagnosis and treatment. Our case report highlights that an increased (18)F-FDG uptake can be found in thoracic endometriosis syndrome presenting as multiple lung cavitations. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8542117/ /pubmed/34678890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027550 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | 6700 Mulette, Pauline Jacquet, Amaury Durlach, Anne Papathanassiou, Dimitri Lalire, Paul Graesslin, Olivier Delepine, Gonzague Dury, Sandra Dormoy, Valérian Perotin, Jeanne-Marie Lebargy, François Deslée, Gaëtan Launois, Claire Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report |
title | Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report |
title_full | Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report |
title_short | Pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)F-FDG uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: A case report |
title_sort | pulmonary cavitations with increased (18)f-fdg uptake revealing a thoracic endometriosis: a case report |
topic | 6700 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027550 |
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