Endometriosis of the lung: report of a case and literature review

Authors

• Haidong Huang, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, ChinaFollow
• Chen Li, First Automobile Works General Hospital/The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Jilin UniversityFollow
• Paul Zarogoulidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical SchoolFollow
• Kaid Darwiche, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, GermanyFollow
• Nikolaos Machairiotis, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GreeceFollow
• Lixin Yang, Changhai Hospital/First Affiliated Hospital of the Second Military Medical UniversityFollow
• Michael Simoff, Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State UniversityFollow
• Eduardo Celis, Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State UniversityFollow
• Tiejun Zhao, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Changhai Hospital/First Affiliated Hospital of the Second Military Medical UniversityFollow
• Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Pulmonary Department, ‘G. Papanikolaou’ General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical SchoolFollow
• Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Surgery Department (NHS), University General Hospital of AlexandroupolisFollow
• Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, II Medical Clinic, ‘Coburg’ Clinic, University of WürzburgFollow
• Qiang Li, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Changhai Hospital/First Affiliated Hospital of the Second Military Medical UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Abstract

This paper reports a case of endometriosis of the lung in a 29-year-old woman with long-term periodic catamenial hemoptysis. A chest computed tomography image obtained during menstruation revealed a radiographic opaque lesion in the lingular segment of the left superior lobe. During bronchoscopy, bleeding in the mucosa of the distal bronchus of the lingular segment of the left superior lobe was observed. Histopathology subsequent to an exploratory thoracotomy confirmed the diagnosis of endometriosis of the left lung. The 2-year follow-up after lingular lobectomy of the left superior lobe showed no recurrence or complications.

Disciplines

Circulatory and Respiratory Physiology | Medical Sciences

Recommended Citation

Huang et al.: Endometriosis of the lung: report of a case and literature review. European Journal of Medical Research 2013 18:13.