Chronic Pelvic Pain: Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management

Raj Mohan Paspulati
In: Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI · 2023 · vol. 44(6) , pp. 501–510 · doi:10.1053/j.sult.2023.10.006 · PMID:37879545 · W4387872231
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This review examines the role of various imaging modalities in the diagnosis and management of chronic pelvic pain, highlighting their contributions to understanding underlying causes and guiding treatment.

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Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is not uncommon, and it may be difficult to identify the exact cause difficult to manage. It is major health problem for women that affects the quality of their daily lives. The etiology of chronic pelvic pain may be of gynecological or non-gynecological origin and associated with several predisposing and precipitating factors. Psychological and social factors also contribute to the syndrome of CPP and must be evaluated before managing these patients. Due to multifactorial etiology, CPP needs a multidisciplinary approach for diagnosis and management. A detailed history and physical examination supported by appropriate laboratory tests and imaging are the keys to diagnosis. In this paper, the role of imaging in diagnosis and management of CPP is reviewed. Imaging findings should be correlated with detailed clinical examination findings as there are imaging findings that may be unrelated and not the cause of CPP in a particular patient, imaging findings should be correlated with the clinical circumstances.

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