Pelvic inflammatory disease differential diagnosis: Difference between revisions
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==Differentiating Pelvic inflammatory disease from other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Pelvic inflammatory disease from other Diseases== | ||
*[[Appendicitis]] | *[[Appendicitis]] | ||
*[[Ectopic pregnancy]] - A sensitive serum pregnancy test should be obtained to rule out ectopic pregnancy. | *[[Ectopic pregnancy]] - A sensitive serum pregnancy test should be obtained to rule out ectopic pregnancy. | ||
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*Acute [[enteritis]] | *Acute [[enteritis]] | ||
*[[Urinary Tract Infection]] <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref> | *[[Urinary Tract Infection]] <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref> | ||
Culdocentesis will differentiate hemoperitoneum (ruptured [[ectopic pregnancy]] or hemorrhagic [[cyst]]) from pelvic sepsis ([[salpingitis]], ruptured [[pelvic abscess]], or ruptured [[appendix]]). | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Differentiating Pelvic inflammatory disease from other Diseases
- Appendicitis
- Ectopic pregnancy - A sensitive serum pregnancy test should be obtained to rule out ectopic pregnancy.
- Hemorrhagic ovarian cyst
- Ruptured ovarian cysts
- Myoma
- Ovarian torsion
- Ovarian tumor
- Septic abortion
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Twisted ovarian cyst
- Degeneration of a myoma
- Acute enteritis
- Urinary Tract Infection [1] [2]
Culdocentesis will differentiate hemoperitoneum (ruptured ectopic pregnancy or hemorrhagic cyst) from pelvic sepsis (salpingitis, ruptured pelvic abscess, or ruptured appendix).