Perihepatitis asociada a enfermedad pélvica inflamatoria (síndrome de Fitz-Hugh-Curtis). Utilidad diagnóstica de la tomografía computarizada
- Moreno Rodrigo, Ana
- Gutiérrez Macías, Alfonso
- Madariaga Ordeñana, Idoia
- Bárcena Robredo, María Victoria
- Lizarralde Palacios, Eva
- Miguel De La Villa, Felipe
ISSN: 0304-4858, 2173-2302
Year of publication: 2011
Volume: 108
Issue: 2
Pages: 49-51
Type: Article
More publications in: Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios
Abstract
Perihepatitis associated with pelvic inflammatory disease or Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is an inflammatory process that involves the liver capsule and adjacent peritoneum and is related to pelvic infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Diagnosis may be difficult because the clinical picture is nonspecific, especially when manifestations of pelvic inflammatory disease are scarce or absent. In the last few years, computed tomography has been shown to be a highly useful and non-invasive diagnostic procedure in the proper clinical context. We present two cases of perihepatitis associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, diagnosed with computed tomography.