title: A standardized ultrasound approach to pelvic congestion syndrome.
abstract: Pelvic congestion syndrome is one of the many causes of chronic pelvic pain and is often diagnosed based on exclusion of other pathologies. Over the past decades, pelvic congestion syndrome was recognized to be a more common cause of chronic pelvic pain. Multiple diagnostic modalities including pelvic duplex ultrasonography, transvaginal ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance were studied. In the current literature, selective ovarian venography, an invasive imaging approach, is believed to be the gold standard for diagnosing pelvic congestion syndrome.
authors: 1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors: Nicos
authors: N
authors: Labropoulos
authors: 1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors: Patrick T
authors: PT
authors: Jasinski
authors: 1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors: Demetri
authors: D
authors: Adrahtas
authors: 1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors: Antonios P
authors: AP
authors: Gasparis
authors: 2 Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors: Mark H
authors: MH
authors: Meissner
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
keywords: Doppler ultrasound; Duplex ultrasound; insufficiency; pelvic venous; venous anatomy