A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion
Endomterisois is usually found in women of child-bearing age. A case is presented of massive right-sided pleural effusion caused by endometriosis. The final diagnosis was made by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy. Physicians should be aware of this potentially treatable cause of pleural effusion having e...
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| author | Asmita A Mehta Amit Gupta Rajesh Venkitakrishnan |
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| description | Endomterisois is usually found in women of child-bearing age. A case is presented of massive right-sided pleural effusion caused by endometriosis. The final diagnosis was made by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy. Physicians should be aware of this potentially treatable cause of pleural effusion having excluded other possibilities such as malignancy and tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f384b7eced446c58b84ccc6f8f153ed2022-12-22T02:50:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2015-01-0132664865010.4103/0970-2113.168097A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusionAsmita A MehtaAmit GuptaRajesh VenkitakrishnanEndomterisois is usually found in women of child-bearing age. A case is presented of massive right-sided pleural effusion caused by endometriosis. The final diagnosis was made by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy. Physicians should be aware of this potentially treatable cause of pleural effusion having excluded other possibilities such as malignancy and tuberculosis.http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2015;volume=32;issue=6;spage=648;epage=650;aulast=MehtaCatamanial hemothoraxpleural endometriosisrecurrent pleural effusion |
| spellingShingle | Asmita A Mehta Amit Gupta Rajesh Venkitakrishnan A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion Lung India Catamanial hemothorax pleural endometriosis recurrent pleural effusion |
| title | A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion |
| title_full | A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion |
| title_fullStr | A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion |
| title_short | A case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion |
| title_sort | case of young woman with recurrent right pleural effusion |
| topic | Catamanial hemothorax pleural endometriosis recurrent pleural effusion |
| url | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2015;volume=32;issue=6;spage=648;epage=650;aulast=Mehta |
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