differential diagnosis
Last reviewed 07/2021
PID must be distinguished from:
- appendicitis
- urinary tract infection
- endometriosis
- rupture, torsion or haemorrhage into an ovarian cyst
- ectopic pregnancy
- spontaneous abortion
- pelvic adhesions
- irritable bowel syndrome and on rare occasions other gastrointestinal disorders
- functional pain - pain of unknown physical origin (1)
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