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Pelvic infections

Birmingham Womens Hospital, Radiology Department, Metchley Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK

• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can present in various ways and in the acute phase, imaging is often reserved for atypical situations.
  
• Achieving a correct diagnosis is important, as complications can be devastating.
  
• Ultrasound is the main imaging tool used in the assessment of patients with PID and various ultrasound features have been described.
  
• MRI and less often CT are a useful adjunct to ultrasound especially in assessing indeterminate adnexal masses.
  
• Hysterosalpingography is not used acutely, but is useful in assessing possible complications.
  

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