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Chlamydia Trachomatis and the Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome

Right upper abdominal pain in the presence of pelvic inflammatory disease is called Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome. It is due to perihepatitis secondary to transperitoneal spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis. Twenty-five percent of all patients present with right upper abdominal pain...

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Main Author: McSherry, J. A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2327308/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21274025
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