Complicated Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Goran Augustin
In: Acute Abdomen During Pregnancy · 2023 · pp. 331–356 · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-26021-6_13 · W4388308728
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Pelvic inflammatory disease is rare in pregnancy, often undetected, but assisted reproductive technology increases risk; diagnosis relies on imaging like CT/MRI for effective treatment.

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The paper reviews pelvic inflammatory disease occurring during pregnancy, noting that PID is rare in this setting and explaining modern contributors such as assisted reproductive technology with inoculation of pathogens into the peritoneal cavity. It describes how clinical presentation in pregnant patients mirrors that in nonpregnant individuals, and that while abdominal sonography previously limited preoperative or prelabor diagnosis, abdominal CT or MRI can accurately define PID type and severity for staging and management. A key caveat is that diagnostic timing historically was often late due to reliance on older imaging approaches. Relevance to endometriosis: endometriosis is mentioned only tangentially in the cited literature as a potential contributor to oocyte retrieval–induced PID, though the paper’s main focus is complicated pelvic inflammatory disease in pregnancy.

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