Diagnosis can be hinted by high recurrence rates of lung collapse in a woman of reproductive age with endometriosis. CA-125 is elevated. Clinical diagnosis can be made based on history and imaging, while the gold standard for definitive diagnosis remains Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS, which allows not only the visualization of the lesion, but also surgical treatment via cauterization of the ectopic endometrial tissue. Special staining under a microscope or utilizing a cell marker, such as PAX8, can be used to positively identify endometrial stroma. Classification<unk>  is the most common form of thoracic endometriosis syndrome, which also includes<unk>  hemothorax,<unk>  hemoptysis,<unk>  hemothorax and endometriosis lung nodules, as well as some exceptional presentations.
Catamenial pneumothorax
Pneumothorax ex vacuo
Tracheoinnominate fistula
Pulmonary hematoma
Tonic tensor tympani syndrome
Tracheal deviation
Hemothorax
Chylothorax