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Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome

A rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) involving liver capsule inflammation

The major symptoms and signs include an acute onset of right upper quadrant abdominal pain aggravated by breathing, coughing, or laughing

It is usually caused by Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is characterized by the development of string-like, fibrous scar tissue (adhesions)

The condition is named after the 2 physicians, Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr and Arthur Hale Curtis, who first reported this condition in 1934 and 1930, respectively

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