[Differential diagnosis of acute pelvic pain in gynecology]

Differential diagnosis of acute pelvic pain in gynecology has to respect the four pillars anamnesis, laboratory, clinical investigation and ultrasonographic evaluation. Besides, no findings should be evaluated independently. A meaningful general attempt to the diagnostics in gynecology is the partitioning in pregnancy test-positive (known pregnancy respectively) and pregnancy test-negative (postmenopausal respectively). Further important findings are clear inflammation markers and free blood in the abdominal cavity. If an extensive basic clarification should not allow conclusive diagnosis, the judgement of the dynamism of the complaints by short term controls or an interdisciplinary cooperation may be helpful. Sometimes, several relevant causes may be identified as reason of acute pelvic pain.