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Sometimes referred to as deep buttock pain, other causes of this type of pain include spine problems (including herniated discs and spinal stenosis), sciatica, and hip bursitis. The diagnosis of piriformis syndrome is often given when all of these diagnoses are eliminated as possible causes of pain.
1 Pure buttock or back pain without a groin component is usually back in origin. 2  When patients say their hip hurts, they mostly point to the buttock. 3  Lateral hip pain with radiation to the lateral thigh may be related to greater trochanteric bursitis or abductor tendinitis.