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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/topicsinmri by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVJ2toCr/9wZZjwPUWvYES9lBjFbu9i0DAnSw4JagSjiU on 10/30/2020 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in Pregnancy Elizabeth A. Furey, MD,* April A. Bailey, MD,† and Ivan Pedrosa, MD‡ nonobstetric causes of acute abdominal and pelvic pain during Abstract: Evaluation of acute abdominal and pelvic pain in pregnancy pregnancy, as well as safety considerations for performing MRI presents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and radiologists alike. The in this patient population. differential diagnosis includes obstetric and nonobstetric conditions unique to pregnancy, in addition to causes of acute abdominal and pelvic pain un- related to the pregnancy. The clinical presentation and course of disease CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF ACUTE may be altered in pregnancy, and several pathologies are exacerbated by ABDOMINAL PAIN pregnancy. Discriminating clinical features in the diagnosis of abdominal and pelvic pain are often confounded by expected anatomic and physio- Clinical Presentation logic changes in pregnancy. Moreover, while diagnostic pathways may be Clinical assessment of the pregnant patient with acute ab- altered in pregnancy, the necessity for a timely and accurate diagnosis must dominal and pelvic pain is challenging. The majority of pregnant be underscored, as delay in treatment may result in an undesirable increase patients
Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Aug 1, 2014
Keywords: abdominal pain in pregnancy,pelvic pain in pregnancy,MRI in pregnancy
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