title: Management of intramedullary endometriosis of the conus medullaris. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few data exist on treating spinal cord endometriosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total excision of the endometriotic lesion, followed by a bilateral oophorectomy and aromatase inhibitor therapy, led to a clinical improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Attempts at total removal of spinal cord endometriosis may be safer after achieving pharmacologic control.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pathology, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey. serbayrakta@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erbayraktar
authors.forename: Berrin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Saygili
authors.forename: Aydanur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kargi
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Acar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery