Sciatic endometriosis

A treatable sensorimotor mononeuropathy

Salazar-Grueso, Edgar MD
Roos, Raymond MD

Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago. IL.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Roos, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.

Accepted for publication February 16, 1986.

Neurology 36(10):p 1360-1363, October 1986.

Article 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.