Piriformissyndrom infolge einer extragenitalen Endometriose
A 44-year-old woman with long-standing cyclical sciatica and progressive neurological deficits was diagnosed via MRI with extragenital endometriosis causing piriformis syndrome, which was surgically treated with subsequent pain relief but persistent motor deficit.
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The paper reports on a 44-year-old woman with more than 10 years of sciatica that was initially cyclical but progressed to continuous disabling symptoms, eventually developing ipsilateral foot-drop, sensory disturbance, and gluteal muscle atrophy. MRI supported the clinical suspicion of extragenital endometriosis causing piriformis syndrome through compression of the sciatic and inferior gluteal nerves, and after unsuccessful hormonal therapy the lesion was excised; the diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically. Postoperatively the patient had pain relief, although motor deficits had not regressed during 15 months of follow-up, which limits conclusions about functional recovery. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it describes piriformis syndrome due to extragenital endometriosis causing compression of the sciatic-related nerves.
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- Ultrasonography of sciatic nerve endometriosis 2016
- Neural involvement in endometriosis: Review of anatomic distribution and mechanisms 2015
- Magnetic resonance imaging evidence for perineural spread of endometriosis to the lumbosacral plexus: report of 2 cases 2015
- Ciatalgia secundaria a endometriosis extrapélvica del músculo piriforme. A propósito de un caso 2012
- Cyclic sciatica from extrapelvic endometriosis affecting the sciatic nerve 2010
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