Name
FITZ-HUGH-CURTIS SYNDROME
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : - ABDOMINAL TRAUMA, BLUNT - ADRENAL CARCINOMA - APPENDICITIS - CHOLECYSTITIS - CHOLELETHIASIS - HEPATITIS, VIRAL - NEPHROLITHIASIS - PANCREATITIS, ACUTE - PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC - PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE - PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL - PNEUMONIA, VIRAL - PULMONARY EMBOLISM* VAGINAL SMEAR TEST- DIRECT EXAMINATION & GRAM STAINING * ULTRA SOUND ABDOMEN - MAY SHOW PERIHEPATITIS * DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY - THIS IS CRITERION STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR DIAGNOSIS.
TYPENOTES
Medical Care: Antibiotics are the mainstay of therapy for Fitz-Hugh-Curtis (FHC) syndrome. Treatment is the same as for PID. Patients may be treated in an outpatient setting unless they meet one of following criteria: Positive for human immunodeficiency virus infection Unilateral or bilateral tubo-ovarian abscess Oral intake not possible due to secondary nausea or vomiting Outpatient treatment has failed Pregnant Surgical Care: Laparoscopy is the criterion standard for diagnosis. Relief of symptoms with lysis of adhesions is of questionable benefit. DRUG TREATMENT : 1. ANTIBIOTICS 2. ANALGESICS
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, PAP"S SMEAR, ULTRA SOUND WHOLE ABDOMEN - FEMALE, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CT SCAN ABDOMEN