{"paper_id":"69d89bf5-a3e1-4513-890c-cb7ba3250c54","body_text":"Abstract\nHealthcare practitioners often treat women with coexistent gynecologic pelvic pain, which may be attributed by the patient to a pelvic floor disorder. This chapter presents the most likely gynecologic etiologies for pelvic pain. Pain can be acute, chronic, or acute-on-chronic. Knowledge of gynecologic etiologies of pelvic pain as well as musculoskeletal, urinary, colorectal, and gastrointestinal etiologies is essential for proper diagnosis and management.\nAccess this chapter\nTax calculation will be finalised at checkout\nPurchases are for personal use only\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nGunter J. Chronic pelvic pain: an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2003;58(9):615–23.\nSanterre-Baillargeon M, Vezina-Gagnon P, Daigneault I, Landry T, Bergeron S. Anxiety mediates the relation between childhood sexual abuse and genito-pelvic pain in adolescent girls. 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J Urol. 2011;185(6):2162–70.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nCorresponding author\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nShannon, M.B., Mueller, E.R. (2021). Pelvic Pain Associated with a Gynecologic Etiology. In: Santoro, G.A., Wieczorek, A.P., Sultan, A.H. (eds) Pelvic Floor Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40862-6_72\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40862-6_72\nPublished:\nPublisher Name: Springer, Cham\nPrint ISBN: 978-3-030-40861-9\nOnline ISBN: 978-3-030-40862-6\neBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}