Or it may irritate the obturator nerve in your thigh. Ovarian cysts can also lead to leg pain. Doctors call this referred pain, which can come from several areas in your belly or pelvis.

A nerve-illuminating agent to minimize surgical risk passed an early test by achieving sustained fluorescence of the obturator nerve without safety concerns in patients undergoing robotic-assisted ...

The obturator nerve location spans from your lumbar spine to your thigh, and it resembles a forking river. The top of the nerve is rooted in spinal nerves L2, L3, and L4.