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Catamenial pneumothorax: a rare manifestation of endometriosis()
Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that primarily affects premenopausal women. It is mainly found in the pelvis but may be found at several extrapelvic locations. Thoracic endometriosis is a rare extrapelvic location of endometriosis and the leading cause of catamenial pneumothorax. We...
Autores principales: | , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237952/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.06.012 |
Sumario: | Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that primarily affects premenopausal women. It is mainly found in the pelvis but may be found at several extrapelvic locations. Thoracic endometriosis is a rare extrapelvic location of endometriosis and the leading cause of catamenial pneumothorax. We describe the case of a 35-year-old woman with a background of pelvic pain presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnea. The chest X-ray in the emergency department showed a large right-sided pneumothorax. Further imaging studies during patient evaluation revealed extensive fibrotic changes in the pelvis and well-defined solid nodules with high signal on T2 and T1-weighted images on MRI in abdominal and thoracic locations, rendering the diagnosis of a catamenial pneumothorax in a patient with pelvic, abdominal and thoracic endometriosis. |
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