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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2022

A unique case of thoracic endometriosis syndrome and pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: Six recurrent pneumothoraces.

Varun Gupta, Ka-Won Noh, Hansjörg Maschek, Stefan Thal, Stefan Welter

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Pulmonary Endometriosis: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Varun GuptaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lung Clinic Hemer, Theo-Funccius Str. 1, 58675, Hemer, Germany.
Ka-Won NohInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
Hansjörg MaschekSYNLAB MVZ Pathologie Hannover GmbH, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 21, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Stefan ThalSYNLAB MVZ Pathologie Hannover GmbH, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 21, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Stefan WelterDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lung Clinic Hemer, Theo-Funccius Str. 1, 58675, Hemer, Germany.
Lungenklinik Hemer · DEUniversity Hospital Cologne · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) in women of reproductive age with causes such as thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. A 33-year-old women was treated conservatively with chest tube insertion for a first occurrence of a right-sided pneumothorax in September 2015. In January 2016, a right-sided video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) wedge resection and partial parietal pleurectomy was performed due to a recurrence. A right-sided VATS was again performed in December 2016 with multiple wedge resections and a total pleurectomy revealing a pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (PLCH) in the histological and immunohistochemical examinations. The patient was recommended an abstinence of smoking and further course was unremarkable until May 2019, when due to a recurrent pneumothorax, she received a talc pleurodesis via right-sided VATS. Due to yet another recurrence, she underwent a talc slurry pleurodesis over a right sided chest drain. In March 2020 due to recurrence, a right-sided VATS was performed and a blueish nodular lesion was resected from the diaphragm. The histological examination revealed an endometriosis with a diagnosis of TES. Since the patient did not exhibit a temporal relationship between her periods and the onset of pneumothorax symptoms, a final diagnosis of non-catamenial endometriosis-related pneumothorax was made. The patient is currently continuing smoking abstinence and is under hormone therapy. She has not presented with a recurrence. In clinical practice, it is important not to just relay on the information available to us, but to reevaluate the patient history to uncover new clues leading to a new diagnosis.

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Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (PLCH)Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP)Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES)Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

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