Perihepatitis

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

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

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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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