Kalbi Deepak P, Al Sbihi Ali F, Manasrah Nouraldeen, Chaudhary Ahmed J, Iqbal Sana
Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Aug 11;13(8):e17110. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17110. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. It is usually confined to the pelvis, particularly the ovaries, cul-de-sac, broad ligaments, and uterosacral ligaments, but it can also expand outside the pelvis. The thorax is among the common extrapelvic locations. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is a rare disorder characterized by the presence of functioning endometrial tissue in the pleura, lung parenchyma, and airways. This report presents a case of a young female patient with advanced endometriosis and premature ovarian failure who was admitted with dyspnea that turned to be due to a rare endometriosis-related complication.
子宫内膜异位症是指子宫内膜腺体和间质出现在子宫腔外。它通常局限于盆腔,特别是卵巢、直肠子宫陷凹、阔韧带和子宫骶韧带,但也可扩展至盆腔外。胸部是常见的盆腔外部位之一。胸段子宫内膜异位症综合征(TES)是一种罕见的疾病,其特征是在胸膜、肺实质和气道中存在功能性子宫内膜组织。本报告介绍了一例年轻女性患者,患有晚期子宫内膜异位症和卵巢早衰,因呼吸困难入院,结果发现是由一种罕见的与子宫内膜异位症相关的并发症所致。