[The pathological mechanisms of the intermenstrual pain syndrome]

Comprehensive clinicophysiological examinations of 80 patients suffering from the intermenstrual pain syndrome revealed organic changes in the pelvic organs of 92.5% of women and disturbances in the central structures participating in the conduction and control of pain sensitivity and vasomotor regulation in all the examinees, these changes correlating with specific vegetovascular and psychoemotional disorders. Three pathogenetic variants of development of this syndrome were defined.