Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in a male patient due to urinary tract infection

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) is inflammation of the liver capsule usually associated with pelvic inflammatory disease. FHCS has been rarely reported in male patients, and hematogenous and lymphatic spread to the liver is thought to be the underlying mechanism. Although a confirmatory diagnosis was made by laparoscopy, contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan is considered the first-line imaging tool in clinical diagnosis of FHCS. We report a case of FHCS that developed in a young male patient with a urinary tract infection..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Clinical imaging - 39(2015), 5, Seite 917

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tae Oh Jeong [VerfasserIn]
Ji Soo Song [Sonstige Person]
Tae Hwan Oh [Sonstige Person]
Jae Baek Lee [Sonstige Person]
Young Ho Jin [Sonstige Person]
Jae Chol Yoon [Sonstige Person]

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44.00

Themen:

Abdomen
Antibiotics
Computed tomography
Fever
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
Infections
Laparoscopy
Liver
Male
Males
Pain
Ultrasonic imaging
Urinary tract diseases
Urinary tract infection
Urine
Urogenital system

doi:

10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.04.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1968270132