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We aim to study the clinical presentation and management outcome of TES in our centre.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is an analysis of consecutive patients with TES treated over a 5-year period and followed up for 6\u2009months to 5\u2009years. Information collected included the gynaecological history, clinical presentation, causes of misdiagnosis, modalities of treatment and outcome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty-three patients with TES aged between 24 and 45\u2009years (median 32\u2009years) were treated. Severe dysmenorrhoea was a prominent symptom in 91.3% of cases (median dysmenorrhoea score 8) and was uninfluenced by the marital status (P\u2009=\u20090.522). The patients usually presented with massive or recurrent haemothorax associated with massive ascites [16\/23 (69.5%) of cases (P\u2009=\u20090.0006)]. The right side alone was involved in 21 cases and 1 patient had catamenial haemoptysis as a part of her symptoms, even though there was bronchial bleed at bronchoscopy in 6 patients. In 40%, tuberculosis was the misdiagnosis. Diagnosis was established histologically in 18\/23 (78.3%) of the cases. Treatment was multimodal and multidisciplinary with notable macroscopic lesions in 77.8% of the patients that had surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>TES is not an uncommon lesion. Presentation with massive haemothorax is usually associated with massive ascites. A large percentage of such have pleural and diaphragmatic lesions that require surgical treatment. 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