Harada T, Shimizu T. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast-enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
Clin Case Rep 2021;
9:e05211. [PMID:
34938563 PMCID:
PMC8667294 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.5211]
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Abstract
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome should be suspected in sexually active young women presenting with acute right upper quadrant pain even in the absence of lower abdominal pain. The risk of radiation exposure associated with computed tomography should also be considered while making a diagnosis of abdominal pain in young patients.
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