Chlamydia trachomatis Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome without salpingitis in female adolescents.
We encountered seven female adolescents with the Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome and no signs or symptoms of salpingitis. Six of the patients had cervical cultures positive for Chlamydia trachomatis. The Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of right-sided abdominal pain in the sexually active female adolescent to avoid unnecessary diagnostic procedures and to reduce the prevalence of chlamydial infection and its complications.
Katzman
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Department of Pediatrics, Stanford (Calif) University School of Medicine, Palo Alto.
Friedman
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McDonald
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Litt
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D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D002690:Chlamydia Infections; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013577:Syndrome