Pelvic congestion syndrome as a differential diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain in women

Affiliations

¹ Gynecology Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Vascular Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Gynecology Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Vascular Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ricardo.simoes@hc.fm.usp.br.
⁴ Gynecology Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Vascular Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Editorial

Marcos de Lorenzo Messina et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2024.

. 2024 Oct 28:79:100514.

doi: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2024.100514. eCollection 2024.

¹ Gynecology Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Vascular Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Gynecology Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Vascular Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ricardo.simoes@hc.fm.usp.br.
⁴ Gynecology Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Vascular Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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