TY - JOUR T1 - MRI features of pleural endometriosis after catamenial haemothorax JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0903 VL - 2009 SP - bcr0920080903 AU - Giulia Picozzi AU - Davide Beccani AU - Florio Innocenti AU - Michela Grazzini AU - Mario Mascalchi Y1 - 2009/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.09.2008.0903.abstract N2 - A 43-year-old multiparous woman with a history of pelvic endometriosis and myocardial infarction presented with acute onset of right hemithorax pain and dyspnoea coinciding with dysmenorrhoeic menstruation. A chest CT confirmed the presence of a right hydropneumothorax which was drained. A video-assisted thoracoscopy was unremarkable but at a subsequent menses, an MRI chest demonstrated a lesion in the right costophrenic angle. The patient underwent a hysterectomy and oophorectomy for treatment of endometriosis. Six months later, she was free of thoracic symptoms and a repeat MRI scan showed resolution of the right pleural abnormality. ER -