title: [Chronic pelvic pain in women].
abstract: In this review we discuss the pathophysiological mechanisms and diagnostic criteria of chronic pelvic pain in women. The psychosomatic correlations and important somatic reasons of this complicated disease picture is discussed. For a large number of the patients the diagnostic criteria of somatoform pain disorder are fitting. The therapeutic approaches, which to a large extend are based on experience, are described. Psychosomatic knowledge is very helpful in the management of chronic pelvic pain in women and contributes to a satisfying doctor-patient-relationship.
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik der DRK-Kliniken Westend, Berlin. friederike.siedentopf@gmx.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siedentopf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kentenich
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations