[Pelvic emergencies in women]

Emergency pelvic imaging is currently based on transabdominal and transvaginal sonography. Life threatening emergencies such as ectopic pregnancy and annexial torsion can be diagnosed by these technics. Doppler imaging (pulsed Doppler and color encoded) improve the diagnostic efficacy in an emergency context. Evaluation of pelvic inflammatory disease, cyst bleeding and placental disruption in best obtained by US because of its simplicity, safety and low cost.