Cyclic sciatica of endometriosis. Case report.
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A 27-year-old woman with cyclic right-sided sciatica and hip stiffness experienced symptom resolution after pelvic endometriosis was identified and treated with estrogen suppression.
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A 27-year-old woman with right-sided cyclic sciatica and stiffness of the right hip joint, unresponsive to orthopaedic measures, is presented. An exploratory laparotomy revealed pelvic endometriosis. On oestrogen suppression therapy, she has been symptom-free for eleven months.
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- Intrapelvic causes of sciatica: A systematic review 2021
- Sciatic endometriosis: A narrative review of an unusual neurogynecologic condition 2020
- Five-Year Follow-Up After Laparoscopic Large Nerve Resection for Deep Infiltrating Sciatic Nerve Endometriosis 2017
- A model for radiating leg pain of endometriosis 2016
- Neural involvement in endometriosis: Review of anatomic distribution and mechanisms 2015
- A pilot study of the prevalence of leg pain among women with endometriosis 2011
- Cyclic sciatica from extrapelvic endometriosis affecting the sciatic nerve 2010
- Fixed hip contracture and cyclic hip pain secondary to endometriosis. A case report 2005
- Evidence for asymmetric distribution of sciatic nerve endometriosis 2003
- Laparoscopic findings, management, histopathology, and outcome of 25 women with cyclic leg pain 2002
- Catamenial mononeuropathy and radiculopathy: a treatable neuropathic disorder 1998
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