<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Endometriosis is characterised by the presence of ectopic functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The disease most frequently affects pelvic tissues and organs but any site can be involved including gastrointestinal tract, lungs and other organs. Extra-pelvic endometriosis mostly occurs in females aged 35–40 years. Here we report a well-documented, morphologically proved and surgically treated case of pulmonary endometriosis in a 50-year-old woman in order to heighten the awareness of endometriosis as the differential diagnosis for nodular lung lesions.</p></abstract>

Endometriosis is characterised by the presence of ectopic functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The disease most frequently affects pelvic tissues and organs but any site can be involved including gastrointestinal tract, lungs and other organs. Extra-pelvic endometriosis mostly occurs in females aged 35–40 years. Here we report a well-documented, morphologically proved and surgically treated case of pulmonary endometriosis in a 50-year-old woman in order to heighten the awareness of endometriosis as the differential diagnosis for nodular lung lesions.

Pulmonary Endometriosis - a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Acta Chirurgica Latviensis

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Endometriosis is characterised by the presence of ectopic functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The disease most frequently affects pelvic tissues...

Pulmonary Endometriosis - a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Article Category: Case Report

Publié en ligne: 24 nov. 2014

Pages: 38 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/chilat-2014-0108

Mots clés
endometriosis, lung, lung tumour, differential diagnosis

© 2014 Agita Jukna et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pulmonary Endometriosis - a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Article Category: Case Report

Publié en ligne: 24 nov. 2014

Pages: 38 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/chilat-2014-0108

Mots clésendometriosis, lung, lung tumour, differential diagnosis

© 2014 Agita Jukna et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
endometriosis, lung, lung tumour, differential diagnosis