Pelvic neoplasms causing pain.

The following is a discussion of dyspareunia and its role as an aid to diagnosing pelvic neoplasms. The great majority of cases of dysparenia are psychosomatic in origin, and in a large proportion of the remaining cases, painful coitus is an indicator of benign problems. Nevertheless, painful coitus is a symptom which requires careful pelvic examination to rule out the possibility of pelvic neoplasm and to discover treatable causes of dyspareunia.