title: Case of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in male without presentation of sexually transmitted disease.
abstract: Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a type of perihepatitis that causes liver capsular infection without infecting the hepatic parenchyma or pelvis. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is known to occur commonly in women of childbearing age who do not use oral contraceptives and have sexual partners older than 25 years of age. However, the syndrome has been reported to occur rarely in males. The clinical symptoms are right upper quadrant pain and tenderness, and pleuritic right sided chest pain. The clinical presentation is similar in male and female. We experienced a case of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in a 60-year-old man with the chief complaint of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Despite a previous history of gonorrhea, we have also described our experiences of improved symptoms and recovery with allopathic medicines and have thereby reported the present case with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Haram Yi, Gyu Won Kim, Jung Seok Kim, In Zoo Choi, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital, Seoul 130711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Haram
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Haram Yi, Gyu Won Kim, Jung Seok Kim, In Zoo Choi, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital, Seoul 130711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Chan Sup
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.affiliation: Haram Yi, Gyu Won Kim, Jung Seok Kim, In Zoo Choi, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital, Seoul 130711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Gyu Won
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Haram Yi, Gyu Won Kim, Jung Seok Kim, In Zoo Choi, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital, Seoul 130711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Haram Yi, Gyu Won Kim, Jung Seok Kim, In Zoo Choi, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital, Seoul 130711, South Korea.
authors.forename: In Zoo
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Choi
keywords: Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome; Liver capsular infection; Male; Perihepatitis; Right upper quadrant pain; Sexually transmitted disease