Chronic pelvic pain CPP] - defined as pain of anatomic origin that affects
behavior and lasts longer than six months - is one of the most common medical
problems affecting women today. Clinicians have begun to realize that the
incidence is much greater that initially thought. CPP patients present to
different medical specialists depending upon primary symptoms. Patients may also
present with referred pain or multiple sites of pain origin, therefore it is
imperative that clinicians gain an understanding of the interplay between the
multiple organ systems that serve as potential sources of pain. CPP is a
difficult problem to manage. In many situations the exact underlying