Catamenial right haemothorax due to endometriosis: two case reports
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Abubakar Ahmed, Department of Radiology, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria; Idris Garba, Department of Radiology, and Ballah Akawu Denue, Mohammed Bashir Alkali, and Bukar Bakki, Department of Medicine, all at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno State, Nigeria; Holly Rawizza, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA, USA. Correspondence to Ballah Akawu Denue. Email: [email protected] Catamenial right haemothorax due to endometriosis: two case reports
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