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Thoracic Endometriosis: Revisiting the Association Between Clinical Presentation and Thoracic Pathology Based on Thoracoscopic Findings in 110 Patients
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Thoracic endometriosis (TE) is a rare disorder affecting women during their reproductive years. The etiopathogenesis of this disease is not well understood; the prevailing opinion is based on analysis obtained from case reports and small case series. A 1996 review of TE was not able to address the association between clinical presentation and thoracic pathology due to a paucity of thoracoscopic findings in these earlier cases. Since the year 2001, most published cases and series have included thoracoscopic findings. Therefore, we compiled data from case reports and case series published in English from January 2001 to July 2007 to analyze the demographics, clinical characteristics, and thoracoscopic findings, and to study the relationship between thoracoscopic findings and clinical presentation in patients with thoracic endometriosis. The clinical presentations in 110 patients were as follows: pneumothorax in 79 (72%), hemoptysis in 16 (14%), hemothorax in 13 (12%), and lung mass in 2 (2%). Ninety-one of the 110 (85%) patients underwent thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. The right hemithorax was more often affected (85%) than the left side (p = 0.008). The mean (standard deviation [SD]) age of all patients was 34 (7.6 yr). The mean age of patients presenting with hemoptysis (25.9 +/- 4.6 yr) was significantly lower than the age of those presenting with pneumothorax and hemothorax (p < 0.01). There was no significant association between the presence of diaphragmatic defects and pneumothorax (odds ratio [OR], 0.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.05-1.58; p = 0.23). The presence of parietal and visceral pleural implants was associated with a fivefold increase in hemothorax (OR, 5.55; 95% CI, 1.20-25.53; p < 0.01).Hemoptysis occurring in younger subjects may be the earliest manifestation of parenchymal lung involvement in TE. Diaphragmatic defects do not increase the risk for pneumothorax. Hemothorax reflects an increased burden of pleural implants in TE.
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“They can vary in size from 0.5 to 3 cm.8,34”
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“CP is the most common clinical presentation of TE, occurring in 72%‐73% of TE patients, followed by catamenial hemothorax (12%‐14%), CH (7%‐12%), and lung nodule (2%‐6%).”
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“while CH has a low incidence of pelvic endometriosis, 70”
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“CP/ERP had a high probability of concurrent pelvic endometriosis,”
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“Among TE cases, the frequency of CH has been reported to be much lower than that of CP.”
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“According to recent studies, the average age at diagnosis ranged from 25.9 to 29.6 years.”
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“The age at onset was 8‐10 years younger in CH than in CP/ERP.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Channabasavaiah, A. D., & Joseph, J. V.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Venue
- Medicine
- Published
- 2010-05
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 183-188
- ISSN
- 0025-7974 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2070181383
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 1.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Keywords
- thoracic endometriosis, pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemoptysis, diaphragmatic defect, clinical features, pulmonary involvement, age at presentation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Endometriosis, Female, Hemoptysis, Hemothorax, Humans, Pneumothorax, Thoracic Diseases, Thoracoscopy
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