Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast-enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
Taku HaradaTaro ShimizuPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome should be suspected in sexually active young women presenting with acute right upper quadrant pain even in the absence of lower abdominal pain. The risk of radiation exposure associated with computed tomography should also be considered while making a diagnosis of abdominal pain in young patients.
Keyphrases
- abdominal pain
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted
- positron emission tomography
- end stage renal disease
- case report
- magnetic resonance
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic pain
- liver failure
- pain management
- image quality
- clinical practice
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary embolism
- drug induced
- intensive care unit
- spinal cord injury
- patient reported outcomes
- spinal cord
- pet ct