Endometriosis of the Diaphragm: Four Cases Treated with a Combination of Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-580

  Nezhat, Camran ^a   Nicoll, Linda M ^a   Bhagan, Lisa ^a   Huang, Jian Qun ^a   Bosev, Dorian ^a,b   Hajhosseini, Babak ^a   Beygui, Ramin E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Catamenial hemothorax; Catamenial pneumothorax; Chest pain; Diaphragmatic endometriosis; Dysmenorrhea; Laparoscopy; Pelvic pain; Shoulder pain; Thoracic endometriosis; Thoracoscopy; VATS; Video assisted thoracoscopy; Videolaparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGMATIC ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; DIAPHRAGM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 69249247036     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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