Cyclic sciatica from extrapelvic endometriosis affecting the sciatic nerve. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-289

  Floyd II, John R ^a   Keeler, Elizabeth R ^a   Euscher, Elizabeth D ^a   Mccutcheon, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Catamenial; Endometriosis; Sciatic nerve; Sciatic notch

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATAMENIAL SCIATICA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA;

EID: 79551707309     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.10.SPINE09162     Document Type: Article

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