title: [Differential diagnosis of acute and chronic pelvic pain in women].
abstract: Acute and chronic forms of pelvic pain are symptoms of various gynaecological entities with a difficult clinical differential diagnosis. Acute pains are generally intensive attacks with a sudden onset, rapid progression, and normally short duration. Chronic pelvic pain is a continuous non-cyclic condition. Transvaginal sonography is an efficient tool to document morphologic abnormalities. Other imaging modalities, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are valuable to differentiate gynaecological from other abdominal causes of pelvic pain.
authors.affiliation: Klinischen Abteilung für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Wien. paul.speiser@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Speiser
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Differentialdiagnose des akuten und chronischen Unterbauchschmerzes der Frau.