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Table 175-1

Causes of Pelvic Pain

AcuteChronic
Cyclic pelvic pain

Premenstrual symptoms

Mittelschmerz

Dysmenorrhea

Endometriosis

Noncyclic pelvic pain

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Ruptured or hemorrhagic ovarian cyst or ovarian torsion

Ectopic pregnancy

Endometritis

Acute growth or degeneration of uterine myoma

Pelvic congestion syndrome

Adhesions and retroversion of the uterus

Pelvic malignancy

Vulvodynia

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

History of sexual abuse