Chlamydia trachomatis-induced Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome: a case report
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- 作者：Cyril Jabea Ekabe ; Jules Kehbila ; Tsi Njim ; Benjamin Momo Kadia…
- 关键词：Fitz Hugh–Curtis syndrome ; Chlamydia trachomatis ; Resource ; limited setting
- 刊名：BMC Research Notes
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 全文大小：979KB
- 刊物主题：Biomedicine, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Life Sciences, general;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-0500
- 卷排序：10
文摘
BackgroundFitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome is defined as perihepatitis associated with pelvic inflammatory disease. Chlamydia trachomatis is one of its most common aetiologies. This syndrome usually presents with right upper quadrant abdominal pain mimicking other hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal pathologies, hence, posing a diagnostic dilemma in settings with limited diagnostic tools.