Endometriosis chest x ray

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S[2], Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[3]

Overview

A chest X-ray may be done in patients with pulmonary symptoms. On a chest X-ray, chest endometriosis is characterized by small bubbles at the level of the right diaphragm, associated with pneumothorax.

Chest X-Ray

A chest X-ray may be done in patients with pulmonary symptoms. On a chest X-ray, chest endometriosis is characterized by small bubbles at the level of the right diaphragm, associated with pneumothorax. A chest X-ray may show signs of hemothorax.

Catamenial pneumothorax; Yellow marker shows pneumothorax and black shows diaphragmatic defect. (Case courtesy of Dr Yi-Jin Kuok, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 27946)