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Parvathy Priya Yoganadhan1, Ratish Radhakrishnan1, Akash Babu1
1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011 India.
Abstract:
The clinical entity in which functional endometrial tissue is present in the thoracic cavity causing various clinical manifestations is called thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES). Catamenial hemothorax (CHt) is a clinical manifestation of TES characterized by recurrent hemothorax which occurs during each menstrual cycle. The establishment of a correlation between menstrual cycle and clinical features is necessary for the diagnosis. We report a case of CHt in a 36-year-old female who presented with recurrent right-side pleural effusion.
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