Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings
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 o...
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| author | 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 |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fe6d02f07b0a41cc87c849e5d5a0a5b32023-12-01T01:33:54ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182022-04-0112493910.3390/diagnostics12040939Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US FindingsMarco Di Serafino0Francesca Iacobellis1Maria Laura Schillirò2Francesco Verde3Dario Grimaldi4Giuseppina Dell’Aversano Orabona5Martina Caruso6Vittorio Sabatino7Chiara Rinaldo8Vito Cantisani9Gianfranco Vallone10Luigia Romano11Department of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Sapienza Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Life and Health, University of Molise “V. Tiberio”, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of General and Emergency Radiology, “Antonio Cardarelli” Hospital, 80131 Naples, ItalyPelvic 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/4/939pelvic painreproductive ageultrasounddifferential diagnosis |
| spellingShingle | 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 Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings Diagnostics pelvic pain reproductive age ultrasound differential diagnosis |
| title | Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings |
| title_full | Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings |
| title_fullStr | Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings |
| title_short | Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age: US Findings |
| title_sort | pelvic pain in reproductive age us findings |
| topic | pelvic pain reproductive age ultrasound differential diagnosis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/4/939 |
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