A case of cerebral endometriosis causing catamenial epilepsy

Abstract

We present the second reported patient with cerebral endometriosis. She had repetitive partial seizures on the first day of her menstrual cycle. The seizures were controlled by danazol after the causative lesions were surgically removed.

Interplay between Misplaced Müllerian-Derived Stem Cells and Peritoneal Immune Dysregulation in the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis

“…However, this phenomenon could be observed in 90% of endometriosis-free women in reproductive age with pervious fallopian tubes and contrast with the relative low incidence of the disease [201]. Another hypothesis speculates that the endometriotic foci are derived by endometrial cells that enter in the uterine venous circulation and in this way could reach distant sites of implantation, like for example, brain [202], nasal mucosa [203], or spinal intradural [204]. This theory could explain distant sites of endometriosis, but we have to consider that the venous drainage of the uterus arrives to the lungs before to become oxygenated and pass in the arterial circulation: for this reason, according to this theory, we will have to find several cases of lung endometriosis which is not reflected in clinical facts.…”

Triptorelin for the treatment of endometriosis

“…It may cause pain symptoms (dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia, dyschezia and chronic pelvic pain), infertility and in case of bowel involvement gastrointestinal symptoms [5,6]. Endometriotic lesions are found more frequently on the pelvic peritoneum, on the ovaries, in the rectovaginal septum, on the uterosacral ligaments, in the vesico-uterine fold, in the bowel, in the urinary bladder [7][8][9] and more rarely, in the brain, diaphragm, umbilicus, pericardium and pleura [10,11].…”

Gene expression profiles and functional characterization of human immortalized endometriotic epithelial and stromal cells

“…Less commonly, endometriotic lesions grow in the wall of the rectum, bladder, intestines, or appendix (1,4). Rarely, endometriosis develops in areas far from the reproductive tract such as the lung (8,9) and the brain (10) and peripheral tissues such as sciatic nerves (11,12).…”