Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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/