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. 2012:2012:351305.
doi: 10.1155/2012/351305. Epub 2012 Aug 30.

A rare case of hemoptysis: intrapulmonary cavitary lesion appearing as a thoracic endometriosis

Ali Celik  1 , Ertan Aydın, Ulku Yazıcı, Yetkin Agackıran, Nurettin Karaoglanoglu
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A rare case of hemoptysis: intrapulmonary cavitary lesion appearing as a thoracic endometriosis

Ali Celik et al. Case Rep Pulmonol. 2012.

Abstract

Pulmonary endometriosis is a rarely seen disease of the lung. On computed tomography, a cavitary lesion of 15 × 26 in size was detected in the lung parenchyma of a 38-year-old female patient who was examined due to hemoptysis. The pathologic result of the surgically excised cavitary lesion was reported as pulmonary endometriosis.

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Figure 1
Computed chest tomography: thick-walled cavitary lesion of 15 × 26 mm in size in posterobasal segment of the right lung lower lobe.
Figure 2
Figure 2
On pathology sections, lung parenchyma including focus of endometriosis containing stroma and glands and hemosiderin-laden macrophages in the adjacent area and hemorrhage sites (HE; ×200).
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