Pelvic pain causes
| Pelvic pain causes |
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Pain in the pelvis can be described as acute or chronic. Urologic, gastrointestinal and gynocologic problems can all be possible.
Differential Diagnosis
In alphabetical order: [1] [2]
Acute (<6 months)
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Cervicitis
- Diverticulitis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Endometriosis
- Incomplete abortion
- Intra-uterine device
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Midcycle ovulation
- Mesenteric ischemia/infarction
- Nephrolithiasis
- Ovarian cyst
- Ovarian torsion
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Pelvic neoplasm
- Pelvic floor prolapse
- Primary dysmenorrhea
- Ruptured corpus lutenal cyst
- Septic abortion
- Sexual abuse/trauma
- Threatened abortion
- Tubo-ovarian abscess
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Uterine fibroids
- Vaginitis
Chronic (>6 months)
- Adenomyosis
- Depression
- Diverticulosis
- Diverticular abscess
- Hernia
- IBD
- IBS
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Leiomyoma
- Lymphoma
- Pelvic adhesions
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms
- Nature
- Sensitivity
- Onset
- Pain occurrence
- intercourse
- menstrual
- chronic vs. acute
- Risk of pregnancy
- Associated symptoms:
Abdomen
- Full abdominal & pelvic exam - speculum, bimanual, rectal
Other
- Examine for signs of physical abuse
Laboratory Findings
- Labs include:
- Urine pregnancy test
- urinalysis
- gram stain & culture
- STD tests
- vaginal smear wet mount
Echocardiography or Ultrasound
- Ultrasound for ovarian cyst, mass, ectopic pregnancy vs. intrauterine pregnancy
Treatment
- Positive pregnancy test
- Determine LMP
- confirm intrauterine pregnancy
Acute Pharmacotherapies
- Endometriosis
- Oral contraceptives 3-4 months
- Provera 39mg QD/2 months
- Danazol 200-800mg QD/6 month
- GnRH agonist
- Primary dysmennorhea
- Oral contraceptives
- Treat STD's accordingly