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Doença inflamatória pélvica (DIP)

Last reviewed: 12 Aug 2025
Last updated: 02 May 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • sensibilidade uterina
  • dor à mobilização do colo
  • dor à palpação anexial
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Other diagnostic factors

  • dor na parte inferior do abdome
  • corrimento vaginal ou cervical anormal
  • febre
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Risk factors

  • infecção prévia por clamídia ou gonorreia
  • pouca idade no início da atividade sexual
  • relações sexuais sem proteção com vários parceiros
  • histórico prévia de DIP
  • uso de dispositivo intrauterino (DIU)
  • tabagismo
  • baixa condição socioeconômica
  • uso atual de duchas vaginais
  • relação sexual durante a menstruação
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • contagem de leucócitos
  • células polimorfonucleares na microscopia de câmara úmida das secreções vaginais
  • sonda genética ou cultura de secreções vaginais para Neisseria gonorrhoeae e Chlamydia trachomatis
  • teste de amplificação de ácido nucleico para Mycoplasma genitalium
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Tests to consider

  • velocidade de hemossedimentação (VHS) sérica
  • ultrassonografia transvaginal
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) pélvica
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) pélvica
  • laparoscopia
  • biópsia do endométrio
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

suspeita ou confirmação de doença inflamatória pélvica (DIP) leve ou moderada na manifestação inicial

DIP grave, complicações ou ausência de resposta à terapia intramuscular/oral

Contributors

Authors

Madhavi Manoharan, MD, FRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Integra Healthcare Ltd

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

Disclosures

MM declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Madhavi Manoharan would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Dan Selo-Ojeme and Dr Susan Arjmand, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

DSO and SA declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Bradford Fenton, MD

Physician

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Summa Health System

Akron

OH

Disclosures

BF declares that he has no competing interests.

Edmond Edi-Osagie, MBBS, MRCOG, MD

Consultant Gynaecologist

Central Manchester University Hospitals

St. Mary's Hospital

Manchester

UK

Disclosures

EEO declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Workowski KA, Bachmann LH, Chan PA, et al. Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines, 2021. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2021 Jul 23;70(4):1-187.Full text

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV. UK national guideline for the management of pelvic inflammatory disease. Jan 2019 [internet publication].Full text

Ross J, Guaschino S, Cusini M, et al. 2017 European guideline for the management of pelvic inflammatory disease. Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Feb;29(2):108-14.Full text  Abstract

American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: acute pelvic pain in the reproductive age group. 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Reference articles

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