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Pelvic Congestion Syndrome

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Chronic pelvic pain is described as noncyclic pelvic pain for more than 6 months in duration. It is estimated that an excess of 39 % of women will experience chronic pelvic pain at some point during their lives. Pelvic varices can be associated with dyspareunia, dysmenorrheal, dysuria, and vulval congestion with or without vulval varices. This constitution of symptoms seen in conjunction with pelvic varices is commonly referred to as pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS). As the causes for chronic pelvic pain are numerous, patients are often referred to several specialists for evaluation, and the diagnosis of PCS can take several years.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 421 N 9th Street, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA

    Colleen J. Moore MD

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  1. Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital Loyola University Medical Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

    Robert S. Dieter

  2. Northern Illinois Surgery Center, Naperville, Illinois, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, Jr.

  3. University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, III

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Moore, C.J. (2014). Pelvic Congestion Syndrome. In: Dieter, R., Dieter, Jr., R., Dieter, III, R. (eds) Endovascular Interventions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7312-1_103

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