Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: CT findings of three cases.
Emerg Radiol
; 15(1): 43-6, 2008 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-17582537
ABSTRACT
Clinical manifestations and computed tomography (CT) findings of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) are relatively well stabilized as right upper quadrant abdominal pain and hepatic capsular enhancement because of perihepatitis associated with pelvic inflammatory disease caused by N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis. We encountered three patients with serial FHCS associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, who visited the emergency room with right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Abdominal CT revealed hepatic capsular or pericapsular enhancement along the anterior surface of the liver on the arterial phase. Recently, multi-detector CT has evolved as the first-line imaging modality of acute abdomen at the emergency room; we reemphasized the importance of the CT findings of this syndrome for differential diagnosis of right upper quadrant abdominal pain in sexually active young women. Physicians at the emergency room acknowledge the syndrome and should perform dynamic abdominopelvic CT including the arterial phase.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Tomodensitométrie
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Douleur abdominale
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Adhérences tissulaires
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Maladie inflammatoire pelvienne
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Hépatite
Type d'étude:
Diagnostic_studies
Limites:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Langue:
En
Journal:
Emerg Radiol
Année:
2008
Type de document:
Article