Chronic pelvic pain
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Chronic pelvic pain is a common presenting symptom to primary care physicians and to radiologists. Pelvic ultrasound with transabdominal and endovaginal approaches are usually the first line imaging modality. MRI may be performed afterwards.
Clinical presentation
- non-cyclic pain
- pain of >6 months duration
Patients present with symptoms severe enough to cause functional disability.
Differential diagnosis
- endometriosis: premenopausal and perimenopausal women
- adenomyosis: premenopausal and perimenopausal women
- uterine leiomyoma (fibroid)
- pelvic congestion syndrome
- peritoneal inclusion cysts
- periurethral cysts / periurethral diverticula
- interstitial cystitis
- Alcock's canal syndrome
- +<li>Alcock's canal syndrome</li>
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- 3. Amarenco G, Lanoe Y, Ghnassia RT, Goudal H, Perrigot M. [Alcock's canal syndrome and perineal neuralgia]. (1988) Revue neurologique. 144 (8-9): 523-6. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3187310">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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