Meeting
Abstract Number: 502
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old woman with a history of endometriosis, fibroids status post fibroidectomy, and previous spontaneous pneumothorax presented with 3 days of progressively worsening right pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. She had a similar presentation nine months prior at an outside hospital and was found to have a spontaneous right pneumothorax requiring […]
Abstract Number: 952
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome (TES) is a rare condition characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue inside the thoracic cavity. It consists of four distinct clinical entities: catamenial pneumothorax, catamenial hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with TES presenting as spontaneous hemopneumothorax. Patient is a 47-year old […]