The lower part of the abdomen between the hip bones. Organs in a woman's pelvis include the uterus, vagina, ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder and rectum.

	Ankylosing Spondylitis The Condition "...Diagnosis & Tests Doctors usually base their diagnosis on symptoms and X-rays showing inflammation of the sacroiliac joints at the back of the pelvis..." Bone Cancer The Condition "...Ewing's Sarcoma - Ewing's sarcoma begins in immature nerve tissue in the bone marrow of the body's large bones: the pelvis, upper legs, ribs and arms, and can spread to other parts of the body at an early stage..." Cervical Arthritis The Condition "...Your spine, or backbone, consists of the column of 33 bones and tissue that extends from your skull down to your pelvis..." Enlarged Lymph Nodes The Condition "...There are also lymph nodes that you can not feel, in your abdomen, pelvis and chest..." Fibroids The Condition "...Fibroids are the most frequently diagnosed tumor of the female pelvis and the most common reason for a woman to have a hysterectomy..." Hemangiopericytomas Related Topic "...It most often develops in the legs, pelvis, and retroperitoneum (the back of the abdominal cavity)..." Interstitial Cystitis Related Topic "...Symptoms include an urgent need to urinate, both daytime and nighttime; pressure, pain and tenderness around the bladder, pelvis and perineum (the area between the anus and vagina or the anus and scrotum) which may increase as the bladder fills and decrease as it empties during urination; a bladder that won't hold as much..." Kidney Cancer The Condition "...There is strong evidence that cigarette, pipe, and cigar smoking doubles a person's risk for developing RCC and puts them at 4 times the risk of developing cancer of the renal pelvis..." Recommendation Tobacco Avoidance "Not smoking is the most effective way to prevent kidney cancer and it is estimated that the elimination of smoking would reduce the rate of renal pelvis cancer by one-half and the rate of renal cell carcinoma by one-third..." Low Back Pain Relationship to Ankylosing Spondylitis "...the areas where the lower spine is joined to the pelvis..." Ovarian Cysts The Condition "...A dull constant ache on either or both sides of the pelvis..." Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Recommendation Hydrotherapy "Sitz baths can powerfully affect the organs of the lower abdomen and pelvis..." Prostate Cancer The Condition "...These scans usually look for the spread of cancer to lymph nodes in the pelvis..." Prostatitis The Condition "...Patients with prostatodynia have pain in the pelvis or in the perineum..." Pyelonephritis Related Topic "Inflammation of the renal pelvis..." Soft Tissue Sarcoma The Condition "...For example, tumors found in the following areas of the body may develop these symptoms ... Uterus - bleeding from the vagina and pain in the pelvis or lower abdomen..." Urinalysis As A Treatment "...Transitional epithelial cells from the renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder have more regular cell borders, larger nuclei, and smaller overall size than squamous epithelium..." Uterine Fibroids Related Topic "...prolonged menstrual periods; abnormal bleeding between menstrual periods; pelvic pain; frequent urination; low back pain; pain during intercourse; a firm mass, often located near the middle of the pelvis, which can be felt by a physician..." Vaginitis/Vaginal Infection Recommendation Hydrotherapy "Sitz baths can powerfully affect the organs of the lower abdomen and pelvis..." Vitamin D Requirement The Condition "Deficiency of vitamin D can over a period of months cause rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults - a skeletal demineralization especially in the spine, pelvis, and lower extremities..."

Last updated: Feb 28, 2008