Ultrasonography of Gynecologic Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain

Ultrasonography of Gynecologic Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain

Acute pelvic pain is one of the most common complaints of woman presenting in the emergency department. When gynecologic disorders are suspected, ultrasonography (US) is the modality of choice, enabling rapid diagnosis and decision making with regard to appropriate management. Frequent gynecologic e...

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Published in:Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) Vol. 32; no. 4; p. 261
Main Authors: Kim, Young Hwa, Mi Jin Song, Young Ho Lee, Lee, Myung Sook, Hyeun Cha Cho, Han, Byoung Hee, Hee Jin Kim, Lee, Kyung Sang, Yu Jin Lee
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Seoul Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 01-12-2013
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Summary:Acute pelvic pain is one of the most common complaints of woman presenting in the emergency department. When gynecologic disorders are suspected, ultrasonography (US) is the modality of choice, enabling rapid diagnosis and decision making with regard to appropriate management. Frequent gynecologic etiologies include a large or enlarging simple ovarian cyst, hemorrhagic ovarian cyst or rupture of an ovarian cyst, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, and ovarian torsion. Endometriosis, uterine leiomyoma, and peritoneal inclusion cyst can also present as acute pelvic pain. Gynecologic disorders that cause acute pelvic pain frequently show characteristic ultrasonographic findings that enable specific diagnosis. In this review, the authors review ultrasonographic findings of gynecologic causes of acute pelvic pain.
ISSN:2288-5919
2288-5943