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Could ovarian cysts cause leg weakness?

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Dr. Bennett Machanic
Neurology

In brief: If gigantic

Typical ovarian cysts are too small to compress nerves leaving the lower spinal cord to enter the leg.
A super large cyst could conceivably affect the retro-peritoneal ilio-hypogastric or ilio-inguinal nerves, or even the femoral, but I have never encountered this. I have seen post-operative complications affecting all of these nerves however.

In brief: If gigantic

Typical ovarian cysts are too small to compress nerves leaving the lower spinal cord to enter the leg.
A super large cyst could conceivably affect the retro-peritoneal ilio-hypogastric or ilio-inguinal nerves, or even the femoral, but I have never encountered this. I have seen post-operative complications affecting all of these nerves however.
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