Dual Compartment Surgery for Pulmonary Endometriosis

A 46-year-old black woman with a history of endometriosis presented with right-sided sciatica, right shoulder pain and persistent cough. She had a history of severe endometriosis and fibroids with previous laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy performed at an outside facility one year earlier. Three weeks prior to presentation, she had a spontaneous right pneumothorax which was managed with a tube thoracostomy. Transvaginal ultrasound demonstrated bilateral endometriomas and repeat computed tomography scan indicated a recurrent right apical pneumothorax.

Source: The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - July 26, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Lora Liu, Serin Seckin, Karli Goldstein, Tamer Seckin Tags: Original Article Source Type: research