• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.95-97
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• 2004

폐 자궁내막증은 매우 드문 질환이다. 본 증례는 10년 전부터 월경 시 객혈의 과거력을 가진 38세의 여자 환자로 월경 중 검사한 흉부 전산화단층촬영으로 폐자궁내막증을 진단하고 우중엽 채기절제술로 치료하였다. 호르몬 요법을 포함한 내과적 치료는 시행하지 않았으며, 술 후 5개월째 재발 소견 없이 추적 관찰 중이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제65권1호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2008

월경성 객혈은 폐 자궁내막증에 의하여 주기적으로 월경이 시작할 때 발생하고 특별한 치료를 하지 않아도 월경이 끝나면 호전되는 특징을 가지고 있으며, 특징적인 임상 증상과 객혈을 일으킬 수 있는 다른 질환들을 배제한 다음 진단을 내리게 된다. 원인과 치료에 대해서는 아직 확립된 바가 없으나 가임기 여성에서는 내과적인 치료보다는 수술적 절제를 선택하는 경우가 많다. 저자들은 월경과 동반된 객혈을 주소로 내원한 23세 환자에서 기관지내시경 검사 및 흉부 전산화단층촬영으로 출혈 부위를 추정한 뒤 비디오 흉강경 수술을 통해 병소를 확인하고 치료한 예가 있어 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.384-388
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• 1991

Parenchymal pulmonary endometriosis is the likely cause in patients with hemoptysis, dyspnea, or chest pain during menstruation. Embolization of endometrial tissue from the uterus to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries has been proposed for the mechanism of the development of parenchymal pulmonary endometriosis. This is a report of a woman with catamenial hemoptysis which was responded successfully to danazol therapy; however, hemoptysis resumed after cessation of therapy. The patient was subsequently treated with danazol again because she refused surgical treatments.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.518-521
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• 2005

흉부 자궁내막증에 의한 기흉은 드문 질환으로 일반적으로 월경과 연관되어 재발하여 발생하는 경우 월경성 기흉(Catamenial pneumothorax)으로 명명된다. 발생 기전은 아직 명확히 밝혀지지 않았으나, 단순 폐기포의 파열, 장측 늑막에 형성된 자궁내막조직에 의하여 발생된 경우, 횡격막에 형성된 자궁내막조직에 의한 횡격막결손부위를 통한 공기의 이동 등으로 설명되고 있다. 전형적인 월경성 기흉은 주로 30-40대 여성에서 월경 후 48-72시간 안에 발생하며 편측성으로 우측에 호발하는 것으로 알려지고 있다. 본 저자들은 양측 성으로 발생한 자발성 기흉 환자에서 시행한 개흉술로 절제된 폐의 병리조직검사 소견상 '자궁내막증(endometriosis)'으로 확진된 1예를 경험하였기에 보고한다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2020

Hemoptysis is a major reason for emergency department (ED) visits. Catamenial hemoptysis (CH), a rare condition of thoracic endometriosis, can cause recurrent hemoptysis but is difficult to diagnose in the ED due to the scarcity of cases and nonspecific clinical findings. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who presented to the ED with recurrent hemoptysis since 2 years without a definite cause. Her vital signs and blood test findings were unremarkable. Chest computed tomography (CT) did not show any specific lesions other than a non-specific ground-glass opacity pattern in her right lung. She was on day 4 of her menstrual cycle and her hemoptysis frequently occurred during menstruation. Although there was no histological confirmation, based on her history of hemoptysis during menstruation and no other cause of the hemoptysis, the patient was tentatively diagnosed with CH and was administered gonadotropin-releasing hormone. She had no recurrence of hemoptysis for 3 months. While CH is difficult to diagnose in the ED, the patient's recurrent hemoptysis related to menstruation was a clue to the presence of CH. Therefore, physicians should determine the relationship between hemoptysis and menstruation for women of childbearing age presenting with repeated hemoptysis without a definite cause.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.757-764
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• 1991

We have observed 360 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax from January 1980 to May 1991 at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital. Males occupied 266 cases[73.9%] and females 94 cases[26.1%], and its ratio was 2.8: l. The age of patients ranged from neonate[5 days] to 84 years old. The site of pneumothorax was right in 50.3%, left in 43.3% and bilateral in 6.4%a. The clinical symptoms were frequently dyspnea, chest pain and coughing. The associated pulmonary lesions were shown pulmonary tuberculosis in 199 cases[55.3%], bullae in 54, pulmonary emphysema in 31, COPD in 17, pneumonia in 6, lung cancer in 5, paragonimiasis in 5, catamenial pneumothorax in 3 and unknown underlying pathology in 39 cases. The results of surgical management of spontaneous pneumothorax are followings: 288 out of 360 cases[80.0%] were cured by closed thoracotomy, 53 cases[14.8%] were cured by open thoracotomy. Open thoracotomy was the most effective procedure in persistent air leakage, recurrent pneumothorax, visible bleb or bullae on the chest X-ray, associated lesion, bilateral simultaneous pneumothorax, parenchymal incomplete lung expansion and bleeding after closed thoracotomy. The incidence of complication was developed in 10. ado and recurrent rate was seen in 10.6%. There was no operative death.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.177-181
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• 1993

Endometriosis involving sites outside the pelvic cavity is a relatively uncommon occurrence and its frequency is cited as being less than one percent of all occurences of endometriosis. Sites previously reported in literature have described involvement of the extraperitoneal portion of the round ligament, the rectosigmoid, the appendix, and the ileum. Other more distal sites reported to have been found to have endometriosis lesions include the inguinal ligaments, the umbilicus, abdominal incisional wounds, thoracic lesions involving the pleura or diaphragm which may result in catamenial pneumothorax, the kidneys, and vulvar episiotomy wounds. Endometriosis have even been reported to occur in males. In this presentation, three cases of endometriosis, two involving the vulvar area and one involving a Pfannenstiel incision wound, is presented with a review of the pertinent literature in order to discuss its etiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.145-148
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• 2013

Thoracic endometriosis is an uncommon disease that has four main forms: catamenial pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. Since the growth of endometrial tissue depends on the presence of estrogen, thoracic endometriosis usually occurs in menstruating women between 25 and 35 years of age. Menstrual disturbances are common in women with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, they could be reversed after kidney transplantation. Therefore, previously asymptomatic endometriosis may become symptomatic after kidney transplantation. A 49-year-old woman with CKD underwent kidney transplantation. A month later, she experienced dyspnea, and hemothorax in her right hemithorax. However, there was no evidence of infectious diseases and malignancy in thoracentesis, pleural biopsy, and computed chest tomography (CT). The serum and pleural fluid levels of his carbohydrate antigen 125 were elevated. Hemothorax secondary to pleural endometriosis was suspected. We tried hormonal therapy, and the hemothorax disappeared. At the sixth-month follow-up, there was no recurrence of hemothorax.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 1995

연구배경: 객혈환자 가운데 20~30%에서는 흉부 X-선사진에 정상소견을 보인다고 하며 이런 환자에서 기관지경검사의 필요성에 대해서는 아직까지 논란이 많다. 또한 객혈환자에서 어떤 방법의 진단적 접근이 유용할 것인지에 대해서는 정확한 지표가 없다. 방법: 1988년 10월부터 1992년 5월까지 객혈을 주소로 경북대학교병윈 호홉기내과를 방문한 환자가운데 흉부 X-선사진 및 객담검사상 이상소견이 없었던 80명을 대상으로 기관지경검사, 기관지조영술 및 고해상전산화 단층촬영 등의 검사를 시행하여 객혈의 원인과 성별, 연령, 흡연력, 출혈의 양과 빈도 등의 임상적 소견과의 관계를 조사하였다. 결과: 1) 남자는 34명, 여자는 46명이었으며 평균연령은 각각 46.7, 41.8세였다. 2) 처음 진찰시 기관지경검사로 진단된 경우는 폐암 3명(3.8%), 전이성 암 1명(1.3%) 그리고 기관지결핵 4명(5.0%)이었다. 3) 폐암의 위험인자는 연령이 50세 이상인 경우와 흡연력이 30인년 이상인 경우였고 30년이상의 흡연력이 표준화 회귀계수가 0.6138로 가장 중요한 인자였다. 4) 기관지경검사에 특이소견이 없었던 72명 가운데 기관지조영술 및 고해상전산화단층촬영상 6명에서 기관지확장증이 있었으며 이가운데 5명에서 재출혈이 있었다. 나머지 66명중 추적관찰이 가능했던 33명 가운데 5명에서 재출혈이 있었으며 이들은 기관지확장증 1명, 결핵 2명 그리고 월경과 관련이 있었던 2명이었다. 결론: 이상의 결과에서 흉부 X-선사진상 정상인 객혈환자는 연령이 50세이상이고 특히 흡연력이 30년이상인 경우는 기관지경검사를 하여 폐암에 대한 조사가 필요하며 그밖의 환자들은 반복적인 객담검사와 더불어 재출혈시에는 선택적으로 기관지조영술이나 고해상전산화단층촬영이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.