Abstract

QUESADA SUAREZ, José Luis et al. Importance of the bronchoscopy in the pulmonary endometriosis diagnosis. AMC [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

A case of pulmonary endometriosis in a 21-year-old patient is presented, with presumptive diagnostic of a mitral valvulopathy. The clinical presentation consisted of hemoptysis that happen at the same time with the menstruation, with a marked progressive deterioration. The employed treatment was the Danazol, 400mg daily, the clinical course was favorable. After ten months kept free of recurrent hemoptysis. Due to the peculiarity of the endometriosis in this localization, the case is commented and the etiopathogenic, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are analyzed. The importance of the bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of this illness stands out.

Keywords : hemoptysis [therapy]; bronchoscopia [utilization]; endometriosis [therapy].

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