title: Ultrasound evaluation of gynecologic causes of pelvic pain.
abstract: Ultrasound should be considered the first-line imaging modality of choice in women presenting with acute or chronic pelvic pain of suspected gynecologic or obstetric origin because many, if not most, gynecologic/obstetric causes of pelvic pain are easily diagnosed on ultrasound examination. Since the clinical presentation of gynecologic causes of pelvic pain overlaps with gastrointestinal and genitourinary pathology, referral to CT or MRI, especially in pregnant patients, should be considered if the US examination is nondiagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8042, USA. lcicchiello@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cicchiello
authors.forename: Ulrike M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Hamper
authors.forename: Leslie M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Scoutt
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004716:Endometritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016471:Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging