Thoracic Endometriosis Presenting with Bilateral Hydropneumothorax

Bilateral Thoracic Endometriosis Affecting the Lung and Diaphragm

INTRODUCTION Endometriosis of the lung and the diaphragm is rare. Patients may present with symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, and shoulder pain or they may be asymptomatic. Of note, there have been few reports of bilateral catamenial disease, and no reports, to our knowledge, of bilateral pathology proven pulmonary parenchymal endometriosis. CASE A 43-year-old with stage IV e...

Carcinoma of bronchus presenting as hydropneumothorax.

Fig. 1 : Right sided hydropneumothorax, with collapse (Black arrow head): Before fluid aspiration Fig. 2: After drainage Black Arrow Head: Right side air bronchogram, in the middle lobe. White ArrowHead: Encysted pneumothorax in lower zone. lung cancer is one of the common malignancies encountered in daily practice, but its presentation as hydropneumothorax is rare. We report a 50 year old male...

Adenocarcinoma of Lung Presenting as Hydropneumothorax: A Rare Presentation

Thoracic endometriosis: a case report.

Thoracic endometriosis is a rare form of extrapelvic endometriosis. These patients typically present with catamenial pneumothorax or hemoptysis. Adequate clinical history coupled with HRCT helps in early diagnosis and appropriate management of thoracic endometriosis.

Thoracic actinomycosis presenting with peripheral skin lesions.

A male 30-year-old computer programmer presented to his general practitioner in April with dyspnoea on climbing one flight of stairs, night sweats, non-productive cough, and a loss of 6 35 kg over a three-month period. During early August he developed pain and swelling in his right calf muscle and the overlying skin was reddened; shortly after this he developed a fluctuant swelling over the low...