Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
perihepatitis latin

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome occurs almost exclusively in women.

One of the complications of perihepatitis is Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome.

A rare liver inflammation (Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome).

Occasionally, the infection can spread to in the peritoneum causing inflammation and the formation of scar tissue on the external surface of the liver (Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome).

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a general term for infection of the upper genital tract in women.

Gonococcal Perihepatitis Perihepatitis Syndrome None Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare disorder that occurs almost exclusively in women.

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) named after the two physicians, Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr and Arthur Hale Curtis who first reported this condition in 1934 and 1930 respectively.

Systemic spread may occur, possible results are arthritis, pneumonitis, hepatitis, or perihepatitis.

The liver is swollen with sometimes perihepatitis.

Perihepatitis is inflammation of the serous or peritoneal coating of the liver.

One of the complications of perihepatitis is Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome.

It is characterized by inflammation of the membrane lining the stomach (peritoneum) and the tissues surrounding the liver (perihepatitis).

Perihepatitis is often caused by one of the inflammatory disorders of the female upper genital tract, known collectively as Pelvic inflammatory disease.

In animals, virulent strains of E. coli are responsible of a variety of diseases, among others septicemia and diarrhea in newborn calves, acute mastitis in dairy cows, colibacillosis also associated with chronic respiratory disease with Mycoplasma where it causes perihepatitis, pericarditis, septicaemic lungs, peritonitis etc. in poultry.