Hormonal Therapy for Inguinal Endometriosis

Abstract

Inguinal endometriosis is an infrequent extragenital manifestation of endometriosis. Optimal management involves the radical surgical excision of the lesion, supplemented by hormone therapy. Recent case reports and retrospective analyses have indicated that hormone therapy utilizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, dienogest, or oral contraceptives is the preferred initial therapeutic approach when the patient declines surgery.