자궁내막 증식증은 일차적으로 골반내에 국한된 질환이나 드물게 폐실질에서 발견될 수 있다. 폐 자궁내막 증식증의 진단은 임상적 양상과 월경기간 동안의 객혈이 있으면서 조직학적 확진을 통해서 진단될 수 있다. 폐 자궁내막 증식증은 1956 년 Lattes등에 의해 처음으로 조직학적으로 확진한 후에 전세계적으로 드물게 보고되고 있다. 저자들은 25세 미혼 여성에게서 월경과 연관된 객혈을 한 여성에게서 흉부 전산화 단층촬영과 기관지 내시경을 통해서 병소를 확인한 후에 수술적 치료를 함으로 조직학적으로 확진한 폐실질 자궁내막 증식증 1예를 보고하는 바이다.
Endometriosis is defined as an extrauterine growth of endometrial tissue and it is primarily limited in the pelvis but it can also occur in the pleural cavity as well as pulmonary parenchyme. The diagnosis of pulmonary endometriosis is usually based on the clinical history of recurrent hemoptysis in association with menstrual cycle and by histopathologic confirmation of endometrial tissue in the lung parenchyme. Pulmonary endometriosis was first reported by Lattes in 1956. and dozens of cases have been reported so far. We experienced a case of 25 year old single woman with a history of hemoptysis in association with her menstruation. The bleeding focus was localized with chest CT scan and repeated fibrooptic bronchoscopy and basal segmentectomy of the right lower lobe was performed. The resected specimen shows endometrial stroma and glands of early proliferative phase with respiratory epithelium on the laterobasal bronchus. Her postoperative course was uneventful with no recurrence of hemoptysis during 6 months of follow-up in the outpatient clinic.
