Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings

Marco Di Serafino, Francesca Iacobellis, Maria Laura Schillirò, Francesco Verde, Dario Grimaldi, Giuseppina Dell’Aversano Orabona, Martina Caruso, Vittorio Sabatino, Chiara Rinaldo, Vito Cantisani, Gianfranco Vallone, Luigia Romano
In: Diagnostics · 2022 · vol. 12(4) , pp. 939 · doi:10.3390/diagnostics12040939 · PMID:35453987 · PMC9026765 · W4223492296
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Abstract

Pelvic pain in reproductive age often represents a diagnostic challenge due to the variety of potential causes characterized by overlapping clinical symptoms, including gynecological and other disorders (e.g., entero-colic or urological). It is also necessary to determine if there is a possibility of pregnancy to rule out any related complications, such as ectopic pregnancy. Although ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are strongly integrated, the choice of which is the ideal diagnostic tool should be guided both by clinical suspicion (gynecological vs. non-gynecological cause) and by the risk ratio-benefit (ionizing radiation and instrumental costs), too. The didactic objective proposed by this review consists in the diagnosis of the cause and differential of pelvic pain in reproductive age by describing and critically analyzing the US diagnostic clues of the most frequent adnexal, uterine, and vascular causes.

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