Zuckerman RM, et al. - Researchers here tested if somatic symptoms would be elevated in noncyclic pelvic pain (NCPP) and distinctly influence the relationship between dysmenorrhea and co-occurring NCPP. Results showed a distinct association of somatic symptoms with NCPP+dysmenorrhea. Compared to women with dysmenorrhea alone, women with NCPP+dysmenorrhea have increased psychological and somatic symptoms. Given that NCPP often co-occurs with dysmenorrhea, in previous studies, failure to account for comorbidity might resulted in an overestimation of psychological symptoms in dysmenorrhea.