{
  "abstract": "In this case report, we present a case of a woman in her 30s who was diagnosed with thoracic endometriosis presenting as a large pulmonary mass. Hormonal treatment progestin (synthetic form of progesterone) was started. The patient was deemed technically inoperable due to anatomical constraints.Follow-up CT showed little change in the lesion’s size but revealed central cavitation within the lesion due to its connection to a posterobasal bronchus presenting an additional therapeutic dilemma.This case highlights the diagnostic and treatment challenges associated with atypical thoracic masses that mimic malignant tumours particularly in the context of inoperable patients.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Anna M Sadowska"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands",
        "GROW-Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Jacques Maas"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "GROW-Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands",
        "Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Loes Kooreman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Casper Mihl"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Nicole Menger"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium",
        "Breathe lab, Department of chronic diseases and metabolism (CHROMETA), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Hans Van Veer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Celine Bafort"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Carla Tomassetti"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Thoracic endometriosis in an inoperable patient",
  "uid": "9ac887a5-3f51-5e67-9e15-796775bb09ab"
}