Endometriosis of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles

Endometriosis in the deltoid muscle: a case report

“…Previous cases of extrapelvic endometrioses have been successfully managed with complete surgical excision [13,[16][17][18]. Supporting this notion, our case also yielded an excellent clinical result by complete resection.…”

“…Extrapelvic endometriosis is less common and has been documented in various regions, including the urinary tract, intestinal tract, surgical scar, pulmonary region, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and skeletal muscle [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Among them, involvement of extremities is rare and almost all cases of extremity endometriosis occur in the lower extremities [3,5,7,[11][12][13][15][16][17][18].…”

“…Among them, involvement of extremities is rare and almost all cases of extremity endometriosis occur in the lower extremities [3,5,7,[11][12][13][15][16][17][18]. Some authors have theorized that this is because the endometrial cells pass into the lower extremities through the round ligament, which leads to the inguinal canal [3,7,18].…”

Thrombosis of iliac vessels, a rare complication of endometriosis: Case report and review of literature

“…The involvement of other striated muscles was rarer. Literature review reported only six cases of striated muscle affected by endometriosis: transversus abdominis [6], adductor muscles compartment [11], soleus and gastrocnemius muscles [12], piriform muscle [13], trapezius muscle [14], and deltoid muscle [15]. This paper described a case of endometriosis not previously described.…”

“…A literature review of extraperitoneal endometriosis revealed varying presentations of the disease [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]. Nevertheless, only a very limited number of cases showed involvement of iliac vessels [3], [4], [5] and only two of them had concurrent vascular complication [4], [5].…”