What we see is not what we get in catamenial haemoptysis

M-S Lu1, Y-H Liu, Y-C Wu

  • 1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Catamenial haemoptysis is rare entity, a part of thoracic endometriosis syndrome. We present a young woman who was timely diagnosed, successfully treated using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and pathologically confirmed the case. The change in lung parenchyma over time in the computed tomography is highlighted.