Pelvic pain

Pelvic pain is a common emergency department (ED) condition, and is the second most common gynecologic complaint. The pain may be acute or chronic, vague or defined, and occasionally referred to other parts of the body. Etiologies of pelvic pain may be reproductive, gastrointestinal (GI), vascular or urinary. Though specific causes of pelvic pain often do not require emergent diagnosis or treatment, other diagnoses may pose a threat to life (e.g., ectopic pregnancy) or may have serious reproductive sequelae, such as infertility (e.g., salpingitis).