Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: abdominal pain in women of 26 years old.

Abstract

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is an inflammation of the liver capsule as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease, whose etiologic agent is the most common C. trachomatis. The acute phase Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome may present with pain in upper right quadrant abdomen, commonly confused with other diseases of the hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal tract. Definitive diagnosis is now possible for non-invasive techniques such as ultrasound, computed tomography, as well as techniques for the isolation of the germ responsible available in most centers.

• Authors: Liseth Rivero-Sánchez, Elsa María López-Soriano, Luisa Guarner-Aguilar
• Journal: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (Rev Esp Enferm Dig) Vol. 103 Issue 10 Pg. 546-8 (Oct 2011) ISSN: 1130-0108 [Print] Spain
• PMID: 22054272 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Azithromycin

Topics

• Abdominal Pain (etiology)
• Adult
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Azithromycin (therapeutic use)
• Blood Cell Count
• Chlamydia Infections (complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging)
• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Female
• Hepatitis (complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging)
• Hepatitis A (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Humans
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging)
• Peritonitis (complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed