Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?

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...

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Autores principales: Harada, Taku, Shimizu, Taro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8667294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5211
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spelling pubmed-86672942021-12-21 Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure? Harada, Taku Shimizu, Taro Clin Case Rep Case Report 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. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8667294/ /pubmed/34938563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5211 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
title Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
title_full Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
title_fullStr Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
title_full_unstemmed Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
title_short Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome without salpingitis: Should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
title_sort fitz‐hugh‐curtis syndrome without salpingitis: should contrast‐enhanced computed tomography be a routine diagnostic procedure?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8667294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5211
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