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Perihepatitis

Perihepatitis is inflammation of the serous or peritoneal coating of the liver.

Perihepatitis is often caused by one of the inflammatory disorders of the female upper genital tract, known collectively as pelvic inflammatory disease.

Presentation

Some patients have sharp right upper abdominal quadrant pain. One of the complications of perihepatitis is Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome.[1]

Etiology

Common bacterial causes for this disease are Chlamydia trachomatis[2] and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lee Goldman; Andrew I. Schafer (2019). Goldman-Cecil Medicine (26th ed.). Philadelphia, PA. ISBN 978-0-323-53266-2. OCLC 1198757946.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Wang, S. P.; Eschenbach, D. A.; Holmes, K. K.; Wager, G.; Grayston, J. T. (1980-12-01). "Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 138 (7 Pt 2): 1034–1038. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(80)91103-5. ISSN 0002-9378. PMID 6781346.
  3. ^ Kimball, M. W.; Knee, S. (1970-05-07). "Gonococcal perihepatitis in a male. The Fitz-Hugh--Curtis syndrome". The New England Journal of Medicine. 282 (19): 1082–1084. doi:10.1056/NEJM197005072821908. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 4245224.

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