Acute pelvic pain is a common presentation in the emergency department and often poses a diagnostic dilemma to the treating care provider due to the myriad of possible etiologies. Imaging plays an essential role, and it is the responsibility of the radiologist to become familiar with the imaging appearance of the most common diagnoses to expedite patient care. This refresher course will review the most common etiologies of acute pelvic pain in patients of reproductive age (excluding ectopic pregnancy) including adnexal torsion, pelvic inflammatory disease, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, prolapsing submucosal myomas, etc.
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Content Areas (Codes):
The following Content Areas will be printed on the certificate for this course:
- Genitourinary Radiology
- Obstetrics/Gynecologic Radiology
- Ultrasound
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the sonographic characteristics of adnexal torsion and remember them through the application of 7 easy to recall helpful alliterations.
- Differentiate the phases of pelvic inflammatory disease to direct appropriate treatment.
- Recognize non-adnexal etiologies of acute pelvic pain such as prolapsing and necrotic uterine myomas and misplaced intrauterine devices.
This enduring material is estimated to take 45 minutes to complete.
Start Date: 3/18/2026
End Date for CME Eligibility/Online Expiration Date: 3/17/2029
This educational activity was originally presented at the RSNA 2025 Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly.
Faculty:
- Loretta Strachowski, MD
- Mindy Horrow, MD
- Lucia Manganaro, MD
- Dorothy Shum, MD
Planners:
- Jenny T. Bencardino, MD
- Guillermo Elizondo-Riojas, MD, PhD
- Marta E. Heilbrun, MD
- Ayden Jacob, MD, MSc
- Bertram J. Stemmler, MD
- Meike W. Vernooij, MD
- Grace G. Zhu, MD
Disclosure Statements:
RSNA controls the planning, development, and delivery of this CME activity and will strictly adhere to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Listed below are all the financial relationships provided by individuals in a position to influence and/or control CME activity content. All financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. Please note that any individuals not listed below have reported no financial relationships (currently or within the past 24 months). The ACCME defines any ineligible companies as “those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare, products used by or on patients."
Faculty:
- None of the faculty for this educational activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Planners:
- Ayden Jacob, MD, MSc :Consultant, Aidoc.
Accreditation and Designation Statements:
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
RSNA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME Credit Information:
To earn CME credit, participants must watch the full length of the recording and complete the course evaluation.
Price:
Non-Member/Basic Member Rate: $55.00
Standard Member/Full Access Member Rate: $0.00
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