Faré, Pietro Benedetto and Allio, Ileana and Monotti, Rita and Foieni, Fabrizio (2016) Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome: A Diagnosis to Consider in a Woman with Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain without Gallstones. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (2). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
A young woman presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain exacerbated by movement and breathing. Extensive evaluation revealed no gallstones or any other specific cause. Urine polymerase chain reaction results for Chlamydia trachomatis were positive, so the clinical diagnosis of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome was confirmed. This type of localized peritonitis is thought to be a complication of an ascending genital infection leading to pelvic inflammatory disease. The diagnosis is established on clinical grounds after excluding alternative, more common conditions. Proper antibiotic treatment usually leads to recovery and prevents long-term complications.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Right upper quadrant abdominal pain; perihepatitis; Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2018 14:28 |
| Last Modified: | 18 May 2018 14:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17754 |
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