Comparative analysis of pelvic inflammatory disease with and without Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome.
- Author:
Duk Kyoung YOON
1
;
Kyung SEO
;
Mi Byum LEE
;
Kyung Eun LEE
;
Young Eun JEON
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Collage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kyungseo@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Pelvic inflammatory disease;
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome;
Chlamydia
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Abdominal Pain;
Blood Sedimentation;
Chlamydia;
Chlamydia Infections;
Early Diagnosis;
Female;
Hepatitis;
Humans;
Incidence;
Intrauterine Devices;
Laparoscopy;
Medical Records;
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease;
Peritonitis;
Polymerase Chain Reaction
- From:Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2008;51(6):659-664
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to compare the characteristics, hematologic findings, microbiologic results, and radiologic findings of the patients with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome (FHCS) to those without perihepatitis. METHODS: From January 2003 to June 2006, 120 patients of PID with FHCS and 212 patients of PID only were included in this study. Patients' medical records including cervical cultures, chlamydia polymerase chain reaction (PCR), abdomen and pelvic computed tomography (CT), and transvaginal sonography were analysed retrospectively. RESULTS: PID with FHCS group had significantly higher incidence of right upper quadrant abdominal pain (p<0.01) and significantly lower incidence of lower abdominal pain than PID only group (p<0.01). PID with FHCS group was associated with significantly higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in comparison to that of PID only group. In addition, significantly higher incidence of chlamydia infection and intrauterine device user were noted in PID with FHCS group. CONCLUSIONS: In PID patients with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, accompanied by elevated ESR, suspicion of chlamydia infection, and intrauterine device in situ, physicians should actively perform procedures including abdomen and pelvic CT and laparoscopic surgery for early diagnosis of FHCS.
