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Abstract
Case Report
A case of thoracic endometriosis with hemopneumothorax in postpartum period
Daisuke Jingu Takehiro Yajima Satoshi Ubukata Makoto Shoji Hiroshi Takahashi Hiroshi Watanabe
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saka General Hospital
ABSTRACT
A 36-year-old healthy female, who had undergone a normal delivery 11 days earlier, was admitted to our hospital because of a right chest pain. We diagnosed right hemopneumothorax, and performed video-assisted thoracoscopy. Blueberry spots, endometrial implants, are visualized on a diaphragmatic surface in proximity to diaphragmatic perforations. We performed a biopsy from a blueberry spot and confirmed endometrial stroma. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of hemopneumothorax with thoracic endometriosis syndrome in a postpartum period. This report may be useful for elucidation of the pathogenesis of thoracic endometriosis.
KEYWORDS
Hemopneumothorax Thoracic endometriosis Endometriosis Catamenial pneumothorax Postpartum
Received 14 Mar 2016 ／ Accepted 12 Jul 2016
AJRS, 5(6): 351-355, 2016
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