1. Perineural spread of endometriosis along the obturator nerve into the adductor thigh compartment
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Steven Pans, Raf Sciot, Ignace Samson, Friedl Sinnaeve, and Pieter Waer
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Endometriosis ,Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Anatomy ,Thigh compartment ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Signal on ,Thigh ,Biopsy ,Perineural spread ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Obturator nerve ,Radiology ,Adductor muscles ,Obturator Nerve ,business - Abstract
We report the case of a young woman with recurrent unilateral hip pain. A polylobular cystic mass was found in the right adductor space. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a polynodular mass migrating from the intrapelvic region along the obturator nerve. Because of a history of cyclic pain and the characteristics on MRI (hypointense rim and spots of spontaneous hyperintense signal on T1-weighted images), an endometrioma was suspected. The diagnosis of endometriosis was later confirmed through ultrasound-guided biopsy.
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- 2012
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