Air of Despair: Unveiling the Enigma of Dual Lung Collapse

Abstract

Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome (TES) encompasses a wide  variety of manifestations occurring in due to presence of ectopic viable endometrial tissue in thorax. Various manifestations of TES include, pneumothorax, haemoptysis, haemothorax, lung nodule/mass, catamenial chest pain, diaphragmatic hernia and pneumopericardium [1]. Pneumothorax, often catamenial pneumothorax is the commonest presentation of TES, however it’s unilateral, particularly right sided in nearly 97% of cases [2]. Here we are presenting a case of woman of reproductive age group who presented with bilateral pneumothorax secondary to TES, which is one of the rarest presentation of endometriosis with only a handful of cases being reported in literature, with the most recent being reported in 2020 by Christopher S. Sampson and Kathleen White [3].