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Hong, Paik, Kim, Lee, Kim, Cho, and Oh: A case of parenchymal pulmonary endometriosis
Case Report
Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 1999; 40(5): 514-517.

Published online: 20 February 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1999.40.5.514

A case of parenchymal pulmonary endometriosis

Yoon Joo Hong, Hyo Chae Paik, Hyung Joong Kim, Doo Yun Lee, Sang Jin Kim, Sang Ho Cho, Yoon Mi Oh

Department of Thoracic, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Department of Internal Medicine, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Department of Radiology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Department of Pathology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Department of Gynecology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

hcpaik@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Copyright © 1999 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Pulmonary Endometriosis is a rare disease entity and we report a 23-year-old single woman with a history of hemoptysis in association with menstruation. She was previously treated effectively with hormone therapy for 3 months, but decided to undergo surgical resection because of the high cost of hormone therapy. Radiographic finding of the chest showed haziness in the right lower lung field, and chest CT showed a ground-glass appearance in the posterobasal and laterobasal segment. The patient underwent basal segmentectomy of the right lower lobe. There was no incidence of hemoptysis during her menstruation following the operation.

Keywords: Pulmonary endometriosis, hemoptysis

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