A Case Report of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome due to Chlamydia in 19-year-old Woman.
- Author:
Gunn YIM
1
;
Chun Muk PARK
;
Byung Wook YOO
;
Sung Ho HONG
;
Choo Yon CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. fmsch@hosp.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS);
Perihepatitis;
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID);
Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
Chlamydia trachomatis
- MeSH:
Chlamydia;
Chlamydia Infections;
Chlamydia trachomatis;
Cholecystitis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Hepatitis;
Humans;
Liver;
Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease;
Peritonitis;
Pyelonephritis;
Salpingitis;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2008;29(2):134-139
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS)-inflammation of the liver capsule (Perihepatitis) associated with genital tract infection-occurs in 4~14% of patients with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Generally presenting as sharp, pleuritic right upper quadrant pain, usually but not always accompanied by signs of salpingitis. It needs differential diagnosis such as cholecystitis, pyelonephritis. The pathogenesis of FHCS is incompletely understood. But Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis are thought to be the primary causative germs of FHCS. We make a report about FHCS in 19-year-old woman who had been sexual history recently.
