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According to recent research from the United States, "Determining the cause of acute pelvic pain in the female patient is often a clinical challenge. Diagnostic imaging can be invaluable in this situation."
"Ectopic pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease, and hemorrhagic ovarian cysts are the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic conditions presenting with acute pelvic pain. Ovarian torsion and degenerating fibroids occur less frequently. Other causes to consider include endometriosis, and postpartum causes such as endometritis, or ovarian vein thrombosis. Finally, nongynecologic conditions may overlap in their presentation of acute pelvic pain and should also be considered," wrote F.Q. Vandermeer and colleagues, University of Maryland, Medical Department (see also Life Sciences).
The researchers concluded: "The most important of these is acute appendicitis."
Vandermeer and colleagues published their study in Clinical ...