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. 1993 Oct;48(10):1048–1049. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.10.1048

Catamenial haemoptysis: a rare cause.

D J Wood 1, K Krishnan 1, P Stocks 1, E Morgan 1, M J Ward 1
PMCID: PMC464835  PMID: 8256237

Abstract

Since the first report of pulmonary endometriosis as a cause of catamenial haemoptysis all cases have been assumed to be due to pulmonary endometriosis, even in the absence of histopathological proof. A case is presented where the histological findings were of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

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