Recurrent pneumothorax associated with thoracic endometriosis

Surg Endosc. 2000 Jul;14(7):680. doi: 10.1007/s004640000110. Epub 2000 May 30.

Abstract

Herein we report the cause of a 46-year-old woman who presented with recurrent right pneumothorax following hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy for pelvic endometriosis. Video-assisted thoracoscopy revealed endometrial implants in the posterior parietal pleura and the middle lobe. Ruptured apical blebs were also present. The middle lobe lesions and the apical blebs were resected. A partial pleurectomy was carried out to remove the endometrial foci in the parietal pleura; the remaining pleural surface was mechanically abraded. The favorable outcome was confirmed at 2-year follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Endometriosis / complications
  • Endometriosis / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy / adverse effects
  • Hysterectomy / methods
  • Lung Diseases / etiology
  • Lung Diseases / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovariectomy / methods
  • Pleural Diseases / etiology
  • Pleural Diseases / surgery*
  • Pneumothorax / etiology
  • Pneumothorax / surgery*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Recurrence
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*