Key result
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome represents a rare inflammatory manifestation of pelvic inflammatory disease in women.
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Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare and uncommon manifestation of pelvic inflammatory disease affecting around 4% of adolescents, with limited treatment response data.
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease characterized by perihepatitis, presenting with right upper quadrant pain and potentially requiring laparotomy if antibiotics fail.
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Alerts clinicians to rare perihepatitis in pelvic inflammatory disease; literature review leaves open prospective validation of management thresholds.
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) is a rare disorder that occurs almost exclusively in women.It is characterized by inflammation of the membrane lining the stomach (peritoneum) and the tissues surrounding the liver (perihepatitis).The muscle that separates the stomach from the chest (diaphragm), which plays an essential role in breathing, may also be affected.The United States experiences 750,000 cases of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) each year.Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is an uncommon manifestation of PID involving around 4% of adolescents.Common symptoms include severe pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen, fever, chills, headaches, and a general feeling of poor health (malaise).In some cases, antibiotic therapy may not provide relief of symptoms and a surgical procedure known as a laparotomy may be performed.
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Ranjitha Gunasekaran (2022) conducted a review in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare inflammatory disorder occurring almost exclusively in women, representing an uncommon manifestation of pelvic inflammatory disease.
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