title: Imaging of pelvic pain in the first trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: Pelvic pain during the first trimester of pregnancy can pose a challenge to the clinician. The noninvasive nature, safety, and reliability of ultrasonography make it the diagnostic method of choice for pregnant patients who have pelvic pain. Sonography provides information that allows for diagnosis of both pregnancy-related pain, such as a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, or threatened abortion; and may be useful in the diagnosis of pain unrelated to pregnancy, such as that seen in appendicitis and nephrolithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Aimee D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Eyvazzadeh
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*