A surgical solution for a catamenial epilepsy medical therapy-resistant: A presumed case of cerebral endometriosis?

Antonio Maiorana, Walter Alio, Ranieri Giorgia, Civiletto Anna, L. Alio, Domenico Incandela
In: Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders · 2020 · vol. 13(1) , pp. 66–68 · doi:10.1177/2284026520966504 · W3096955394
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This case report details a patient with medically resistant catamenial epilepsy and ovarian endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic bilateral ovarosalpingectomy due to contraindication of hormone therapy.

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The presence of catamenial epilepsy in patients diagnosed with endometriosis is the symptom that would direct towards a suspected cerebral endometriotic localization. However, data research of medical literature supporting this diagnosis shows a small number of studies and the specific research on medline led to the finding of only four case reports. Hence forward, we will report a case of a patient with the surgical diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis, whom had signs of catamenial epilepsy resistant to medical therapy, and with contraindication to hormone therapy because of cerebral ischemic episodes, subjected to laparoscopic bilateral ovarosalpingectomy.

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