An Uncommon Manifestation of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome with Right-side Chest Pain.
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is characterized by an inflammation of the perihepatic capsules associated with pelvic inflammatory disease. The typical symptom is severe right upper quadrant abdominal pain. We report a patient with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome who presented with an atypical chief complaint of right-side chest pain unaccompanied by symptoms specific to pelvic inflammatory disease. This case indicates that Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of right-side chest pain in young women, because early diagnosis and treatment of the disease are essential to prevent chronic complications.
Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
Ko
K
Harada
Masaya
M
Iwamuro
Yoshihisa
Y
Hanayama
Fumio
F
Otsuka
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult