Clinico-pathological patterns of the thoracic endometriosis

Conclusion: Our data allow to determine following features of the TE: the predominantly right-side localization, the young age of the patients, the cyclic recurrence of the hemoptysis and pain in the chest, the recurrent right-side pneumothorax, the correlation of the onset and/or regression of the radiological symptoms with the beginning and/or end of the menstrual cycle, infertility, pelvic pain, algomenorrhea, and surgeries on the pelvic organs in the anamnesis. In most of our observations, the endometriosis affected the diaphragm and was accompanied by the pneumothorax.Thus, the clinical and morphological hypodiagnostics of the TE is conditioned by the lack of the complex analysis and correlation of the anamnestic, clinical, and histological data.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Rare ILD/DPLD Source Type: research