WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: FITZ-HUGH-CURTIS SYNDROM

Re: FITZ-HUGH-CURTIS SYNDROM

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:28:44 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 18 Jan 2000, KATHY PRATT,RN CNM wrote: >
>I AM SEARCHING FOR AN EXACT DEFINITION OF THIS SYNDROME. I HAVE LOOKED
>IN TABERS AND OTHER MEDICAL DICTIONARIES AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND
>ANY THING. I AM NEW TO THE WEB AND AM HAVING DIFFICULTY FINGING
>ANYTHING HERE EITHER.

I can tell. ALL CAPS IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING!

>THE ONLY THING I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ON IT IS
>A [PICTURE OF ADHESIONS CAUSED BY (OR IS?) THE SYNDROME. I HAVE
>RECENTLY DICOVERED THAT I HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THIS SYNDROME OVER A
>YEAR AGO AFTER HAVING SURGERY FOR A RUPTURED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. I ALSO
>DICOVERED FROM THIS SAME OPERATIVE RECORD THAT I WAS ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH
>CHRONIC PID. I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT EITHER OF THESE AND AM VERY
>CONCERNED AND CONFUSED. COULD THIS SYNDROME ALSO CAUSE AN ELEVATED
>SGOT? I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE AND INFO YOU MAY ON THIS SYNDROME AND
>ON PID. THANK YOU
>
>--
>KATHY PRATT,RN CNM
>

Classic definition of FHC syndrome is perihepatic adhesions secondary to PID. Now in English for the rest of the peanut gallery. Adhesions near and on the liver, frequently described as "violin string" adhesions from an extension of pelvic inflammatory disease up the right side of the abdomen to the area around the liver. The original description of FHC syndrome from PID was related to gonorrhea but we now know that chlamydia was probably the cause in most patients. It is sometimes spelled FitzHugh-Curits.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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