Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rousset, P
• Rousset-Jablonski, C
• Alifano, M
• Mansuet-Lupo, A
• Buy, J.-N
• Revel, M.-P

Titel

Thoracic endometriosis syndrome: CT and MRI features

Ist Teil von

• Clinical radiology, 2014-03, Vol.69 (3), p.323-330

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

ScienceDirect

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Thoracic endometriosis is considered to be rare, but is the most frequent form of extra-abdominopelvic endometriosis. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome affects women of reproductive age. Diagnosis is mainly based on clinical findings, which can include catamenial pneumothorax and haemothorax, non-catamenial endometriosis-related pneumothorax, catamenial haemoptysis, lung nodules, and isolated catamenial chest pain. Symptoms are typically cyclical and recurrent, with a right-sided predominance. Computed tomography (CT) is the first-line imaging method, but is poorly specific; therefore, its main role is to rule out other pulmonary diseases. However, in women with a typical clinical history, some key CT findings may help to confirm this often under-diagnosed syndrome. MRI can also assist with the diagnosis, by showing signal changes typical of haemorrhage within diaphragmatic or pleural lesions.