Sciatic endometriosis: a treatable sensorimotor mononeuropathy

Neurology. 1986 Oct;36(10):1360-3. doi: 10.1212/wnl.36.10.1360.

Abstract

Sciatic endometriosis may cause cyclic sciatic pain and a sensorimotor mononeuropathy. Neurophysiologic tests and conventional radiologic examinations are of little value in delineating this lesion, but the pelvic CT appearance of sciatic endometriosis is distinctive. Suppression of the ovarian cycle and surgical removal of endometriosis and adhesions from in and around the sciatic nerve usually relieve the pain and stabilize neurologic function.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endometriosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Endometriosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sciatic Nerve*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed