The spectrum of pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic infection presents a serious problem for the practicing physician and the radiologist who is called to determine the origin and extent of the inflammatory process. Pelvic infection may mimic clinically other pelvic inflammatory processes and imaging based on the various aspects of it may provide information to distinguish pelvic infection from other pelvic pathological conditions. This article reviews the various imaging modalities involved in the radiological management of pelvic infection, as well as their findings, with special attention to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).