A pelvic exam is a way for doctors to look for signs of illness in organs in a woman's body before, during, and after menopause. The word "pelvic" refers to the pelvis. The exam is used to look at a ...

A person with pelvic floor dysfunction will have difficulty controling the muscles of their pelvic floor. This can lead to difficulty when having a bowel movement, urinary problems, lower back pain, ...

Using ultrasound to diagnose pelvic pain can reveal unexpected pathologies, according to new research presented at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2015 Annual Convention in Lake Buena ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Icon Sportswire/Getty, Leila Coker/Getty “We don’t give it the time of day,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Emma Brockwell. “If you look at any journal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging pelvic scans resulted in limited new findings of lesions ...

What Is a Pelvic Organ Prolapse? Sometimes, the muscles and other kinds of tissue that hold everything in place inside your pelvis get stretched out, weak, or torn. When this happens, some of your ...

A new study released by the University of South Australia shows that it takes sonographers 64 percent more time to scan comprehensively for endometriosis compared to routine pelvic ultrasounds—time ...

A 42-year-old white female presented to the ED with a 2-year history of intermittent pain in the coccygeal region. There was no prior history of weight loss; the patient denied any related symptoms, ...

Omitting pelvic computed tomography (CT) scans from the routine surveillance of off-therapy patients with Wilms tumor could reduce radiation exposure without compromising relapse detection rates, ...

Melanoma cell expression of macrophage markers in AJCC stage I/II melanoma. Background: Computed tomography (CT) scans can be of great value to assess distant metastases in melanoma patients with a ...