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The major symptom and signs include an acute onset of RUQ abdominal pain aggravated by breathing, coughing or laughing, which may also present with referred pain to the right shoulder. There is usually also tenderness on palpation of the right upper abdomen and tenderness to percussion of the lower ribs which protect the liver.
3 lip 2023 · Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS), or perihepatitis, is a chronic manifestation of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). [1] It is described as an inflammation of the liver capsule, without the involvement of the liver parenchyma, with adhesion formation accompanied by right upper quadrant pain.
13 kwi 2022 · Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS), or perihepatitis, is the inflammation of the liver capsule and overlying peritoneum associated with adhesion formation, without the involvement of the hepatic parenchyma. It is a chronic complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
5 gru 2022 · What Are the Symptoms? Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is marked by sudden, severe pain in the upper right area of your belly, just below the ribs. You might also feel pain on your right shoulder and...
12 maj 2009 · Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a general term for infection of the upper genital tract in women. Infection is most often caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis.
17 lut 2023 · Also known as gonococcal perihepatitis or perihepatitis syndrome, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare disorder that occurs in 4% to 14% of women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and up to 27% of adolescents with PID.
24 maj 2024 · 1946 – The condition became known as Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome or gonococcal perihepatitis. Malcolm M Stanley reported on three patients successfully treated with penicillin and defined the condition named as either the “Phrenic Reaction; Subcostal Syndrome of Stajano; or Fitz-Hugh—Curtis Syndrome.”
