Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease guideline (CUH)


Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome

  • often sudden right upper quadrant pain, often worse with movement/breathing, often misdiagnosed as cholecystitis, pleurisy, or pyelonephritis
  • perihepatitis in association with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
  • thought to result from direct intraperitoneal spread of infection towards perihepatic region
  • commonly Neisseria gonorrhoea or Chlamydia trachomatis but especially seen with genital TB

References include
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/fitz-hugh-curtis-syndrome
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499951/