ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a discussion on the causes, diagnosis, and investigation of pelvic related symptoms. It provides a general practitioner overview, differential diagnosis, possible investigations, and top tips for dealing with pelvic related symptoms in patients. The symptoms discussed are acute pelvic pain, chronic pelvic pain, and groin swellings. The differential diagnosis includes common, occasional, and rare causes of the symptoms. Acute pelvic pain is nearly always seen in women rather than men. In its mildest form it is experienced universally at some time or other associated with periods, ovulation or sexual intercourse. Pelvic pain is defined as chronic if it has been present for three cycles or more. The difference between this and ‘normal’ period pain is one of intensity and duration.
