Pelvic congestion syndrome: Chronic pelvic pain caused by ovarian and internal iliac varices

Phlebology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 100-104

  Liddle, A D ^a   Davies, A H ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Pelvic congestion; Pelvic embolotherapy; Pelvic varices

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ERGOT ALKALOID; GOSERELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ANATOMY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; B SCAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; OVARY CYST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS; PELVIS CONGESTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEIN LIGATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; ILIAC VEIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; OVARY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; SYNDROME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 39749198742     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835507780807248     Document Type: Review

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