Table 1.

Most common causes of pelvic pain.

Gynaecologic  (i) Endometriosis/adenomyosis (ii) Pelvic congestion syndrome (iii) Chronic pelvic infections (iv) Uterine myomas
Urologic  Painful bladder syndrome
Gastrointestinal  (i) Irritable bowel syndrome (ii) Inflammatory bowel diseases
Musculoskeletal  (i) Fibromyalgia (ii) Pelvic floor myalgia (piriformis syndrome)
Other  (i) Neuralgia of pudendal nerve (ii) Neuralgia of iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal, or genitofemoral nerve (iii) Depression (iv) Visceral hyperalgesia (v) Somatisation disorders (vi) Psychosexual dysfunction (including previous or current sexual abuse) (vii) Porphyria