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Endometriosis chest x ray

Introduction

Overview

Overview

A chest X-ray may be done in patients with pulmonary symptoms. On a chest X-ray, chest endometriosis is characterized by small bubbles at the level of the right diaphragm, associated with pneumothorax.

Chest X-Ray

Chest X-Ray

A chest X-ray may be done in patients with pulmonary symptoms. On a chest X-ray, chest endometriosis is characterized by small bubbles at the level of the right diaphragm, associated with pneumothorax. A chest X-ray may show signs of hemothorax.[1]

Catamenial pneumothorax; Yellow marker shows pneumothorax and black shows diaphragmatic defect. (Case courtesy of Dr Yi-Jin Kuok, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 27946)
References

References

  1. ↑ Roth T, Alifano M, Schussler O, Magdaleinat P, Regnard JF (2002). “Catamenial pneumothorax: chest X-ray sign and thoracoscopic treatment”. Ann Thorac Surg. 74 (2): 563–5. PMID 12173845.

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