Erschienen in:
01.12.2014 | Case Report
Pleural Endometriosis: An Exceptional Cause of Hemorrhagic Pleural Effusion
verfasst von:
Soumya Bhattacharjee, Jaydip Deb, Rama Saha, Sudipta Chakrabarti, Joydev Mukherji, Sumit Roy Tapadar
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Sonderheft 1/2014
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Excerpt
The differential diagnosis of bloody pleural effusions is relatively narrow. Trauma, iatrogenic or otherwise, represents the most common cause of hemothorax. Other common causes of bloody pleural effusion include malignancy (primary or metastatic), tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism, and serositis from collagen vascular diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. …